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Dolce and Gabbana called children born through IVF "synthetic"
March 15, 2015 at 1:16 pm
Sir Elton John is calling for a boycott of fashion brand Dolce and Gabbana.
He's criticising the designers after they called children born through IVF "synthetic" in a magazine interview.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/31896339
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RE: Dolce and Gabbana called children born through IVF "synthetic"
March 15, 2015 at 1:22 pm
I'd prefer it if people would get over this presupposition that artificial things are bad.
Or that they finally figure out that humans are natural, therefore whatever they do is just as natural as beavers building dams or ants building colonies. Whichever possibility means I finally get to stop having to hear this lazy "it's unnatural!" line of reasoning.
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RE: Dolce and Gabbana called children born through IVF "synthetic"
March 15, 2015 at 1:25 pm
That Doltz and Gubbins sound like ignorant nob ends to me. I'm happy to join the boycott since I never buy new clothes anyway.
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RE: Dolce and Gabbana called children born through IVF "synthetic"
March 15, 2015 at 1:45 pm
Quote:Business partners Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana, who are both gay and were a couple for 23 years until breaking up in 2005, have rejected same-sex marriage in the past.
But in an interview with Italian magazine Panorama this weekend they went further saying they also didn't agree with the idea of gay families.
"We oppose gay adoptions," they say, "The only family is the traditional one.
My mind is full of fuck.
As a father of two synthetics, I think Elton John is overreacting. They're not old enough to understand now, but I would use this is an opportunity to teach my kids the life lesson that you will always have to deal with stupid people insulting, archaic beliefs. I mean, you can't get so riled up over the dumb shit that comes from the mouths of morons, or life is going to be rough for you.
Both my kids are from IVF, and my only reaction to this is mild amusement.
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RE: Dolce and Gabbana called children born through IVF "synthetic"
March 15, 2015 at 2:33 pm
They may or may not be stupid.
But they sure are ignorant.
So how, exactly, does God know that She's NOT a brain in a vat?
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RE: Dolce and Gabbana called children born through IVF "synthetic"
March 15, 2015 at 3:03 pm
I'd find it a bit cool to be synthetic
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RE: Dolce and Gabbana called children born through IVF "synthetic"
March 15, 2015 at 3:06 pm
Says the company that makes 'perfumes' to masquerade our natural scents. I need another irony meter.
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RE: Dolce and Gabbana called children born through IVF "synthetic"
March 15, 2015 at 3:10 pm
I thought Elton John was dead?
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