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The whole purpose of antibiotics is to kill life, and the term itself means 'against life' in Greek. That does not mean that it is necessary a tool for genocid
by joshuaissac 2y ago
The whole purpose of antibiotics is to kill life, and the term itself means 'against life' in Greek.
That does not mean that it is necessary a tool for genocide; conversely almost anything can be a tool for genocide depending on how it is used.
- dspillett 2y agoThat is exactly my point. People are conflating being alive (explicitly in this thread in the sense that a single cell is considered alive) with having a life that should be preserved. Complaining that if we found single celled life on Mars that we'd protect it even to our great inconvenience, but we will end a single cell or small group to save a host body, are making their argument based upon a false equivalence. Any life that might be found on Mars isn't ever posing a risk to a sentient host, and those defending harsh abortion controls because “all life should have a chance even single cells” don't extend “all life” to, well, all life.