A better parallel would be smoking. Smoking doesn't hurt everybody, just some people. And the people who it doesn't hurt love it, so why are you trying to make them unhappy by taking away a harmless thing that they enjoy?
It's the same argument as giving kids puberty blockers. "Sure, 90% of them will end up suffering for it and have a lifetime of physical and mental problems, but 10% (at best) of them won't! Why are you trying to harm the 10%?"
The west is so concerned with minorities that they've adopted an unironic "better 100 peasants die than one noble be uncomfortable" attitude.
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A better parallel would be smoking. Smoking doesn't hurt everybody, just some people. And the people who it doesn't hurt love it, so why are you trying to make them unhappy by taking away a harmless thing that they enjoy?
It's the same argument as giving kids puberty blockers. "Sure, 90% of them will end up suffering for it and have a lifetime of physical and mental problems, but 10% (at best) of them won't! Why are you trying to harm the 10%?"
The west is so concerned with minorities that they've adopted an unironic "better 100 peasants die than one noble be uncomfortable" attitude.