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Bullshit. If this really was no big deal, if we really hard regarded Guatemalens as people, it could have been done here at home in the US on white people. In
by earl 16y ago
Bullshit.
If this really was no big deal, if we really hard regarded Guatemalens as people, it could have been done here at home in the US on white people. Instead, it was performed on people who didn't matter -- just like the Tuskegee experiments. The difference here between the US and Mengele is one of degree, not kind.
- sophacles 16y agoNo, this is not the same as Tuskegee. In that experiment the people were not left to get advanced syphilis for years, and intentionally denied proper care. This is much different than being given the cure after exposure. They both start the same -- someone is intentionally given syphilis. The don't however end the same. Now, if you were saying Tuskegee vs Mengele was one of degree not kind, I would agree with that, as the the disregard and denial of follow-up is mirrored in the two situations. Please also note: I never claimed anything was "no big deal". While the meat of your argument actually is on point, this first declaration frames the whole thing as a strawman, please don't do this anymore.
- earl 16y agoIf you don't see how incredibly wrong deliberately infecting a human being with a disease without consent is, there's something wrong with you and you're evil too. And your whole argument is bullshit -- "infecting someone with a disease isn't cool [but isn't all that bad, really]".