Body Count

billbartlett at dodo.com.au billbartlett at dodo.com.au
Sun Dec 8 09:42:40 PST 2002


At 12:02 PM -0600 7/12/02, Carrol Cox wrote:


>I do the best I can to keep mosquitoes out of the house, but if one gets
>in, I don't throw a hand grenade in the living room to destroy it.
>That's what the U.S. is doing now. That's what India would be doing if
>it went to war to catch those who blew up the assembly.

That isn't a very good analogy. What the US is doing is more like indiscriminately blanketing the whole neighborhood with DDT to kill the mosquitos before they enter. It would be sensible to do what you can to minimise mosquitos breeding by eliminating stagnant water, but polluting the whole neighborhood without regard for the neighbors, while refusing to do anything to eliminate the conditions which allow mosquitos to breed, is going to cause more problems in the long run.

Bill Bartlett Bracknell Tas



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