historic flu pandemic death rates

1918 ~ 1/40

1957/8 ~ 1/500

1967/8 ~ 1/500

2009 US ~ 1/2000
UK ~ 1/4000

source

yet another blaming the victim

http://www.parentdish.com/2009/12/09/christians-to-blame-for-secular-christmas/?icid=mainhtmlws-main-ndl3link4http%3A%2F%2Fwww.parentdish.com%2F2009%2F12%2F09%2Fchristians-to-blame-for-secular-christmas%2F

you don't have to agree with everything this woman has to say, but

most of it is good and she says it well.

my reply

Well written Ms Goldstein. I do not agree with some of the asides, but the thrust is appropriate.

The bottom line is his child and that child's inheritance from his father. Which is better: to have money or self-respect and dignity?

The root value is: it is better to teach your child values than to give gold.

Or are "values" a dirty word?

illiterates and the intellectally deficient

oh my God, this reads like someone overheard small talk between illiterates and the intellectally deficient on the east wing of the psychiatric ward!! Fortunately for all US citizen the SSA systems work magnitudes better than the above link. - a senior IT person

if you are lucky you learn something new everyday

down in the valley

if I had paid attention to Fr Rooks during logic class

I would know the name of this logical fallacy.

Ask the experimenters why they experiment on animals, and the answer
is:Because the animals are like us.Ask the experimenters why it is morally
OK to experiment on animals, and the answer is:Because the animals are not
like us.Animal experimentation rests on a logical contradiction. -
Charles R. Magel, professor of philosophy

In the first case, the similiarity is physiological and chemical. In the second case, the difference is on the level of consciousness. The argument is intellectual dishonesty using bait-and-switch tactics. Clever but no cigar!

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