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On Fri, 09 Aug 2013 19:37:48 -0400, Warp wrote:
> Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospam com> wrote:
>> A totalitarian regime is a regime
>
> And that's the point. It's a regime, a form of government.
>
> Going somewhere, doing something, and then leaving, is not a form of
> government and has absolutely nothing to do with totalitarianism. Not
> even if that something were a negative thing.
>
>> If you tell someone "we're doing this for your own good", you are
>> talking down to them and are treating them like a child. Adults don't
>> do that to each other.
>
> Do you disagree with the notion that eradicating smallpox from the
> world, saving millions of lives, was a good thing?
>
> Or would you rather sacrifice those millions of lives to your altar of
> political correctness?
>
> If you agree that those millions of lives were worth the worldwide
> smallpox vaccination program, then you have not business in criticizing
> the worldwide polio vaccination program, or else you are just a
> hypocrite.
>
> If you don't agree that the millions of lives were worth the vaccination
> program, then I don't even want to write the words that come to mind to
> describe what you are, because it's nauseating to even think.
Sorry, but if you're going to engage in this sort of personal attack
rather than debating on the merits, then you're not worth my time.
Jim
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