Malaria preventable? Not really. There are a series of new strains out right now that is very resistant to current treatment protocols. It is nowhere near being beaten, in fact I would suggest that its having a resurgence and showing up in a number of places, like Florida, where it was thought at one point to be controlled.
On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 8:32 PM, Jerry Barnes <critic...@gmail.com> wrote: > > "You mean numerically? I'm pretty sure that malaria has been a problem for > a while now. I'd bet the total number of deaths from malaria dwarfs your > whole list, combined. Even if we limit the malaria time frame to the last > 10 years." > > Pretty hard to compare a natural disease to the intentional killing of > millions of people. > > > "Hrm... intention. Morality is an interesting deal. If you see someone > dieing in the street, and you do nothing to help them, when you could > have... is that Bad?" > > Yes it is bad. And some death by malaria is preventable. In some African > countries medical supplies are confiscated by rebels/gov't > officials/bandits/etc so a profit can be made from selling them. These are > certainly preventable and despicable, but do not compare to the wanton > extermination of millions of people just because they have different > heritage, a different religion, or different opinions > > > "Communism as a death carrier though? Not buying it. It has no monopoly on > death." > > Nope. It does not have a monopoly on death. It would seem it lends itself > to mass killings for the benefit of whole, but it is not responsible just > because it is communism. Maybe it's vulnerable to violence because > communism aspires to be the utopia you mention. > > > "Utopia is hard to pull off, I'll give you that." > > > What has always made the state a hell on earth has been precisely that man > has tried to make it his heaven. - Friedrich Höderlin > > > J > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:325804 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
