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>> No, pointless because throwing a few insects around a room isn't
>> seriously going to make anybody sit up and take notice - never mind
>> take action.
>
> It would have made the point stronger if some of the insects were
> actually carrying malaria.
Possibly. But how much do you want to bet that all the media coverage
would be about the huge lawsuit facing Gates, and not about the cause
he's actually trying to draw attention to?
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Invisible wrote:
> Possibly. But how much do you want to bet that all the media coverage
> would be about the huge lawsuit facing Gates, and not about the cause
> he's actually trying to draw attention to?
Yeah.. hmm. Though it sounds like just the thing an evil genius would do. ;)
--
~Mike
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> It would have made the point stronger if some of the insects were actually
> carrying malaria.
Or better yet, he could have just *said* that one of them was carrying
malaria. At the end he could have confirmed that actually they were all
safe - if anyone was left in the room :-)
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On Tue, 10 Feb 2009 09:42:49 +0000, Invisible wrote:
>>>> Cute stunt.
>>>
>>> Sounds pretty pointless to me...
>>
>> Only pointless if you consider 350 million cases of malaria every year
>> to be pointless. I actually have more respect for the guy since he
>> began his humanitarian efforts.
>
> No, pointless because throwing a few insects around a room isn't
> seriously going to make anybody sit up and take notice - never mind take
> action.
It is if they thought they were going to contract malaria as a result of
his action.
Jim
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Jim Henderson wrote:
> It is if they thought they were going to contract malaria as a result of
> his action.
I wouldn't be surprised if all the mosquitos he released were male, let
alone uninfected.
--
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
"Ouch ouch ouch!"
"What's wrong? Noodles too hot?"
"No, I have Chopstick Tunnel Syndrome."
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>> No, pointless because throwing a few insects around a room isn't
>> seriously going to make anybody sit up and take notice - never mind take
>> action.
>
> It is if they thought they were going to contract malaria as a result of
> his action.
AFAIK, malaria is actually a treatable disease. The problem is that
Africa can't *afford* the treatments.
(I could, of course, be mistaken about that...)
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On Wed, 11 Feb 2009 09:16:40 +0000, Invisible wrote:
>>> No, pointless because throwing a few insects around a room isn't
>>> seriously going to make anybody sit up and take notice - never mind
>>> take action.
>>
>> It is if they thought they were going to contract malaria as a result
>> of his action.
>
> AFAIK, malaria is actually a treatable disease. The problem is that
> Africa can't *afford* the treatments.
Yes, but that doesn't mean it'd be pleasant to contract it because Gates
decided to do something stupid to call attention to it (like giving it to
a random sampling of an audience).
Jim
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On Tue, 10 Feb 2009 13:25:51 -0800, Darren New wrote:
> Jim Henderson wrote:
>> It is if they thought they were going to contract malaria as a result
>> of his action.
>
> I wouldn't be surprised if all the mosquitos he released were male, let
> alone uninfected.
I wouldn't either, my point, though, is that the audience obviously
wouldn't know anything about the bugs until he told them.
Jim
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Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Tue, 10 Feb 2009 13:25:51 -0800, Darren New wrote:
>
>> Jim Henderson wrote:
>>> It is if they thought they were going to contract malaria as a result
>>> of his action.
>> I wouldn't be surprised if all the mosquitos he released were male, let
>> alone uninfected.
>
> I wouldn't either, my point, though, is that the audience obviously
> wouldn't know anything about the bugs until he told them.
Yes. I probably just picked the wrong message to follow up my comment on. :-)
--
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
"Ouch ouch ouch!"
"What's wrong? Noodles too hot?"
"No, I have Chopstick Tunnel Syndrome."
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On Wed, 11 Feb 2009 10:44:17 -0800, Darren New wrote:
> Jim Henderson wrote:
>> On Tue, 10 Feb 2009 13:25:51 -0800, Darren New wrote:
>>
>>> Jim Henderson wrote:
>>>> It is if they thought they were going to contract malaria as a result
>>>> of his action.
>>> I wouldn't be surprised if all the mosquitos he released were male,
>>> let alone uninfected.
>>
>> I wouldn't either, my point, though, is that the audience obviously
>> wouldn't know anything about the bugs until he told them.
>
> Yes. I probably just picked the wrong message to follow up my comment
> on. :-)
It happens. ;-)
Jim
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