(June 9, 2016 at 4:35 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote:You seem to have missed the "As punishment" part, which is an important factor. And you're honestly comparing vaccinating children to castrating rapists? The health benefits of vaccinating kids are one of the most settled issues I can possibly think of. Punishment of rapists by castration doesn't seem to serve as any sort of deterrent, and it's cruel and unusual punishment.(June 9, 2016 at 4:18 pm)FatAndFaithless Wrote: I mean, forcibly making changes to someone else's body as punishment against their will, sounds pretty cruel to me.
We require children to be inoculated before they're admitted to schools, for the safety of the wider population. Do you also oppose that?
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