i have a predisposition to never want any spiders or morphs

[kxr]

I've mentioned in the past that I will not own or work with the spider gene because of the wobble. I do not condemn those that wish to do so but I can't in good conscience do it myself.

If I were to put it in relative human terms, I've never met a person with Down's Syndrome who wasn't sweet, gentle, compassionate, and for the most part very lovable. A world filled with people whose dispositions where like that, would probably be a nicer world. But there are clearly deficits when we examine the whole being. It would be self indulgent and irresponsible for me to ignore those deficits and produce people with the syndrome, just to reap the characteristics I desire.

As hyperbolic as my example may be, we don't/can't really know what's going on with snakes that carry the spider gene beyond what we see. To assume the animal is fine because it lives, eats , and poops is cavalier. Please be reminded that people with Down's Syndrome live, eat, and poop. This is just my $0.02.

I shall now run for cover while you light the torches and grab the pitchforks.

This is a very good argument. I know stopping at combos with multiple wobbly genes is kind of arbitrary but this is my logic for using that as a stopping point.

I've heard spider is the gene with the worst wobble (that could be wrong) but I've seen plenty of spiders that seem to be fine (of course we can't know for sure as you stated). To me it doesn't make sense how two genes that both cause wobble couldn't make it worse (unless they cancel it out entirely). Regardless of whether it's an additive effect or a multiplicative effect it's just not something I want to do. The animal might seem completely fine and appear to thrive but it seems immoral to me.


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