Mort-Hog
If moral relativism is wrong, I don't wanna be right.
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Bull**** it does.
Female infanticide has existed in China long before the Communist revolution, and the government has a marriage law to try to stop female infanticide, Women's Protection Law bans discrimination against women who choose to keep female babies, and Maternal Health Care Law forbids the use of ultra-sound machines to establish the sex of foetuses, so as not to pre-determine the fate of female infants or encourage selective abortion.
There was a surge of female infanticide after the One Child policy was introduced in 1979, but the government never actively encouraged it and has taken many measures to try and stop it. The culture of female infanticide is deeply rooted in the male preference in Confucianism.
"The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt. " - Bertrand Russell
The Triumph of Stupidity in Mortals and Others 1931-1935