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I've had dengue and zika, and I don't care how arrogant it is, I'm all for extincting those fuckers.

by pault 9y ago

sametmax 9y ago
I HAVE malaria. Right now. I'm not.
- saulrh 9y ago
  You have malaria, money, and first-world medical support. Very different thing. Kill the fuckers.
  - sametmax 9y ago
    So the problem is the state of the third world. No mosquitoes. Let's fix that instead of killing things. Especially since we are mostly responsible.
    - learc83 9y ago
      Why should we eradicate malaria? Or small pox? Surely they've had just as much impact on the world's ecosystem as mosquitoes.
      - sametmax 9y ago
        We don't eradicate them. We just prevent us from being sick, it's a local action. We are not actively mass killing it. If you can't see the difference between defence and offence, local area of effect and genocide...
        learc83 9y ago
        >We are not actively killing it. What do you think a person's immune system does to smallpox when they have been inoculated against smallpox and they are exposed to it? We're not actively killing mosquitoes just preventing them from breeding.
    - saulrh 9y ago
      If you know of a proposal for solving the third world that's as cheap, fast, effective, reliable, and safe as - that has comparable expected value to - killing human-biting malaria-carrying mosquitoes, that's great! Please, PLEASE share it and work toward its execution! Me, I say kill the mosquitoes. (Although, honestly, even if you did have such a plan, I'd still say kill the mosquitoes in addition: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15665373 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15665373)
      - sametmax 9y ago
        > cheap, fast, effective, reliable, and safe You can only maybe guaranty fast. And the unknown is huge on this one. Just like the potential horrible consequences. The way you talk scares me a lot. I feel like I'm in front of the stereotypical american gun owner in tv shows.

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I've had dengue and zika, and I don't care how arrogant it is, I'm all for extincting those fuckers.

by pault 9y ago

I've had dengue and zika, and I don't care how arrogant it is, I'm all for extincting those fuckers.

sametmax 9y ago
I HAVE malaria. Right now. I'm not.
- saulrh 9y ago
  You have malaria, money, and first-world medical support. Very different thing. Kill the fuckers.
  - sametmax 9y ago
    So the problem is the state of the third world. No mosquitoes. Let's fix that instead of killing things. Especially since we are mostly responsible.
    - learc83 9y ago
      Why should we eradicate malaria? Or small pox? Surely they've had just as much impact on the world's ecosystem as mosquitoes.
      - sametmax 9y ago
        We don't eradicate them. We just prevent us from being sick, it's a local action. We are not actively mass killing it. If you can't see the difference between defence and offence, local area of effect and genocide...
        learc83 9y ago
        >We are not actively killing it. What do you think a person's immune system does to smallpox when they have been inoculated against smallpox and they are exposed to it? We're not actively killing mosquitoes just preventing them from breeding.
    - saulrh 9y ago
      If you know of a proposal for solving the third world that's as cheap, fast, effective, reliable, and safe as - that has comparable expected value to - killing human-biting malaria-carrying mosquitoes, that's great! Please, PLEASE share it and work toward its execution! Me, I say kill the mosquitoes. (Although, honestly, even if you did have such a plan, I'd still say kill the mosquitoes in addition: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15665373 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15665373)
      - sametmax 9y ago
        > cheap, fast, effective, reliable, and safe You can only maybe guaranty fast. And the unknown is huge on this one. Just like the potential horrible consequences. The way you talk scares me a lot. I feel like I'm in front of the stereotypical american gun owner in tv shows.