Measels outbreak in Washington sparks vaccination debates... again

[Amarok]

There is no debate and people who refuse to be vaccinated should be treated like people like reckless drivers or similar dangerous fools .

[fredd bear]

If the people in power didn't agree to prop up religion it would have already died out.

Quite possibly. I'm reminded of a Roman saying, I think possibly Epicurus, something like:

"To the people, the gods are real, to the wise man, foolish, to the ruler, useful."

It's no mistake that Christianity at least, has tended to side with the status quo. Well, at least since it became a completely corrupt organisation, around the 4th century when it was made the state religion.  It got a taste of power and began killing opponents.That practice continued until the 17th century. 

The only reason the practice stopped is because the law stopped it.  There is no doubt in my mind that at least some denominations would happily burn people today alive if they could.

[downbeatplumb]

WHY is there a fucking debate?  Just why?

Fucking assholes

There are a lot of stupid people out there.

I passed a chap in Portsmouth in the UK trying to convince people the earth was flat and all globe believers were deluded.
The main argument seemed to be that water doesn't bend. I kid you not.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

If the people in power didn't agree to prop up religion it would have already died out.

Quite possibly. I'm reminded of a Roman saying, I think possibly Epicurus, something like:

"To the people, the gods are real, to the wise man, foolish, to the ruler, useful."

It's no mistake that Christianity at least, has tended to side with the status quo. Well, at least since it became a completely corrupt organisation, around the 4th century when it was made the state religion.  It got a taste of power and began killing opponents.That practice continued until the 17th century. 

The only reason the practice stopped is because the law stopped it.  There is no doubt in my mind that at least some denominations would happily burn people today alive if they could.

To quote my cousins, "There ya go agin, usin' them big words to confuse people."

[fredd bear]

Quite possibly. I'm reminded of a Roman saying, I think possibly Epicurus, something like:

"To the people, the gods are real, to the wise man, foolish, to the ruler, useful."

It's no mistake that Christianity at least, has tended to side with the status quo. Well, at least since it became a completely corrupt organisation, around the 4th century when it was made the state religion.  It got a taste of power and began killing opponents.That practice continued until the 17th century. 

The only reason the practice stopped is because the law stopped it.  There is no doubt in my mind that at least some denominations would happily burn people today alive if they could.

To quote my cousins, "There ya go agin, usin' them big words to confuse people."

Big words? Didn't really check as I wasn't addressing the resident apologists.  I admit, I do find it hard to use words of 2 syllables or less.  

[Gawdzilla Sama]

To quote my cousins, "There ya go agin, usin' them big words to confuse people."

Big words? Didn't really check as I wasn't addressing the resident apologists. I admit, I do find it hard to use words of 2 syllables or less.

Big words have more than four letters.

[downbeatplumb]

Big words? Didn't really check as I wasn't addressing the resident apologists.  I admit, I do find it hard to use words of 2 syllables or less.  

Big words have more than four letters.

And yet "big" only has three.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Big words have more than four letters.

And yet "big" only has three.

And "words" has five. But it's "do as I say, not as I do" for them.

Whenever someone says I use too many big words I reply "tell me the ones you don't know and I won't use them."

[bennyboy]

BTW am i the only one here who is hoping there will be a spelling outbreak in Washington?

[onlinebiker]

This proves my theory - that evolutionarily speaking, stupidity has surrvival value.


Or these anti- vaxers would be long extinct.