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There has, for instance, been a horrifying rise of rapes of female babies in South Africa. Why? The best guess is because somehow or other people in Africa have gotten this notion that a man who has sex with a virgin will be cured of HIV. This is complete nonsense, of course. They've got a different view of things than we do. That's a fact. It's also a fact that they are wrong and we are right and they need to change to our viewpoint. There's no room for different viewpoints here; having babies raped is too high a price to pay for tolerance. Word has got to be spread there that sex with a virgin does nothing besides risk giving HIV to the virgin. Or take Ebola, one of the most terrifying diseases known. With a fatality rate above 90%, and being contagious through simple contact, it has the potential to kill hundreds or thousands -- or millions -- in weeks or less. Right now the only effective way we have to deal with it is hard quarantine, because by its nature it burns out rapidly. There isn't any legitimate dispute about this: any alternative view of Ebola is wrong, and that's all. But there are parts of Africa where there is no such thing as a death by natural causes. Every time someone dies, no matter how, it's because someone else killed them. If no other means can be identified, then it's witchcraft. But you may be able to save yourself by fleeing from the witch when you get sick. Only problem is that if you've got Ebola, fleeing won't do you the least bit of good, but it may spread the disease to others. There's got to be place for tolerance and openmindedness in the world, no doubt about it. But like all other things, it's a fault when taken to an extreme. Sometimes people who disagree with us really are wrong. (discuss) |
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