RE: You're Still An Asshole, Lady
April 10, 2015 at 11:07 pm
(This post was last modified: April 10, 2015 at 11:09 pm by Pyrrho.)
Darkstar, I think you are being overly generous in your "benefit of the doubt."
But you are quite right to emphasize the herd immunity aspect of this, as selfish assholes view this as an individual rights sort of thing, when what they do is something that very significantly affects others. If you don't want to vaccinate, you need to fucking move to an island and never interact with others. If you are a part of society, you need to not be endangering others. Other people absolutely have a right to object to you endangering them.
Unfortunately, quite a few people with shit for brains have children, and make decisions that one would expect of people with shit for brains. Vaccinations need to be required for everyone who does not have a legitimate medical exemption.
But you are quite right to emphasize the herd immunity aspect of this, as selfish assholes view this as an individual rights sort of thing, when what they do is something that very significantly affects others. If you don't want to vaccinate, you need to fucking move to an island and never interact with others. If you are a part of society, you need to not be endangering others. Other people absolutely have a right to object to you endangering them.
Unfortunately, quite a few people with shit for brains have children, and make decisions that one would expect of people with shit for brains. Vaccinations need to be required for everyone who does not have a legitimate medical exemption.
"A wise man ... proportions his belief to the evidence."
— David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Section X, Part I.
