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- Newsgroups: aus.politics
- Path: sparky!uunet!munnari.oz.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!kerry
- From: kerry@citr.uq.oz.au (Kerry Raymond)
- Subject: Re: Inoculation aggro
- Message-ID: <BxsyqL.I81@bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au>
- Sender: news@bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au (USENET News System)
- Organization: Prentice Centre, University of Queensland
- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 09:37:29 GMT
- Lines: 24
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- salter_duke@darwin.ntu.edu.au writes:
-
- >However, this campaign is being attacked by a local loony who is against
- >all forms of vaccination.
-
- I am an independent thinker.
- You are eccentric.
- He is a total nutter. :-)
-
- >He is using a mixture of hard work ...
- >He is fairly literate and the local paper prints his letters.
-
- Without debating the merits of mass vaccinations, this person
- has a legitimate point of view (there are *some* risks involved
- in vaccination) and is presenting this view to the community
- by peaceful means (better a letter to the local paper than a
- bomb in the health clinic!). Isn't this what democracy and
- freedom of speech are all about?
-
- >Any other advice to pass on to my friend?
-
- Respect the rights of other people to have a different point of
- view, perhaps?
-
-