[lazyasciiart]

You didn't quote anything. It's right there to reference:

What is particularly striking to me is bundling of two factors here: - Loss of hearing - Identity built around loss of hearing To me these two are distinct. I don't value people based on their disabilities or lack there of. So for me the ability to fix a body's physical deficiency is always a good thing. It makes life better for the person inside the body. These arguments, that I called stupid,

[neonstatic]

Ah. We are talking about different posts. The top post in this thread is also by me.