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gull
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response 100 of 107:
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Feb 7 18:57 UTC 2006 |
Re resp:96: I'd argue we've made a lot of progress towards curing
cancer. Many cancers that were once a sure death sentence now have
pretty high remission rates. What we're finding, though, is looking
for a "cure for cancer" is like looking for a "cure for infection" --
there are many different kinds of cancer, each of which needs its own
type of treatment.
We do have a bad habit of declaring war on abstract concepts --
terrorism, poverty, drugs. It's a rhetorical cliche, but these aren't
real "wars." There's no way to win a victory against these concepts;
no one is going to sign a peace treaty on behalf of terrorism or drugs.
We have to be especially careful about arguments that we need to
"temporarily" give up some civil liberties because of these "wars,"
because they will never end.
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tod
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response 101 of 107:
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Feb 7 19:01 UTC 2006 |
Is there a cure for Lou Gehrigs?
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gull
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response 102 of 107:
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Feb 7 19:05 UTC 2006 |
Not yet. Maybe we need to declare war on it. ;)
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marcvh
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response 103 of 107:
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Feb 7 19:09 UTC 2006 |
We pretty much won the war on smallpox. But most things have a way of
biting back.
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rcurl
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response 104 of 107:
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Feb 7 19:32 UTC 2006 |
Best to call it "smallpox eradication" or at least "smallpox amelioration".
Invoking the idea of "war" in these regards is misleading.
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marcvh
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response 105 of 107:
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Feb 7 19:42 UTC 2006 |
I'm not disagreeing with you, but there have been at least some things
which were popularly termed as wars on concepts which have gone well.
The War on Polio is another example, although I suppose kludge will
argue that it's just another example of the federal government screwing
up something that should have been fixed by the free market.
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twenex
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response 106 of 107:
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Feb 12 13:22 UTC 2006 |
Re: #3. And into it he poured his Cruelty, his Malice, and his Will To
Dominate All Life.
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wilt
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response 107 of 107:
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May 16 23:52 UTC 2006 |
HACKED BY GNAA LOL JEWS DID WTC LOL
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