Foo Fighters, HIV Deniers (2000)
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I'd suggest she be tried for, at least, negligent homicide but she's already dead. She should be held up as a poster-child for what happens to you when you deny reality.
Stay out of other peoples decision on how they raise their kids. (As in by force, enticing / propaganda I have np with)
She believed she was doing the right thing and didn't do it to hurt the child. AFAIK she wasn't diagnosed as mentally ill.
Do we really want the government raising our children by rule of law?
No, but parents who allow their children to become morbidly obese should be investigated for child abuse.
"Stay out of other peoples decision on how they raise their kids."
I do. She didn't raise her kid; she killed her kid.
"Do we really want the government raising our children by rule of law?"
Yes. The rule of law is what distinguishes civilisation from savagery.
Edited: although I'm not sure that's what you meant by 'the rule of law'. If you're against Government intervention in parenting I'm in agreement, by and large, but there is clearly a point at which intervention is reasonable. Consider e.g. infanticide; does your rejection of Government interference in parenting extend that far?
The interesting cases are the grey areas. What about parents who encourage their children to participate in dangerous sports? That seems reasonable to me, although I know some of the wrap-children-in-cotton-wool brigade disagree.
I don't see withholding life-saving medical treatments as a legitimate parenting option, however.
Maybe we should ask the parent in question?
Oh, wait, her bad ideas killed her as well.
HIV wears down your immune system which leads to AIDS. Whether other causes could lead to AIDS I don't know, but HIV definitely does.
Can you cite any research that shows definitively that HIV causes AIDS? Mullis says that he can't find a reference. Can you?
Speaking of PCR, it says: "Recently developed sensitive testing methods, including the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and improved culture techniques, have enabled researchers to find HIV in patients with AIDS with few exceptions."
Linus Pauling thought that megadoses of vitamin C would reduce the duration and severity of the common cold. He was wrong. A Nobel Prize, even in a related field, does not make someone infallible. (This is also the Mullis who believes in astrology, yes?)
I've read of many a young earth creationalist who says there is no evidence of evolution, and can't find a reference which proves that evolution exists. Every argument for evolution is declaimed as insufficient. The problem is, if you can pin them down on what would count as evidence, they demand ridiculous things, like a cat that gave birth to puppies.
What are his requirements, can they be met by other diseases, and can they be evaluated by people who aren't him?