Definition of Eugenics? (RE: Murray raves again: capitalist patriarchy hardwired!

[Brad De Long]

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>Those who sought to perfect the "human stock" through eugenic
>means.  This would include the unworthy poor who were considered genetically
>inferior as well as disabled people.
>Disability themes include the use of contemporary technology (medical
>castration in the case of the eugenicists) to cure or prevent disability;
>the notion that disability is a burden to the society, families, and the
>individuals themselves; unquestioned assumptions about social and cultural
>ideals of beauty and perfection; and a refusal to accept the idea that human
>diversity (as applied to disablement) enriches society.  Rather the eugenic
>idea was to "progress" beyond disability...
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>Marta

Surely there's a difference  between "eugenics" meaning "you people 
cannot have children" and "eugenics" meaning "I hope that my (and 
everyone else's) great grandchildren won't have to wear glasses"?

Brad DeLong