Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site bu-cs.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!think!harvard!bu-cs!root From: root@bu-cs.UUCP (Barry Shein) Newsgroups: net.followup Subject: CBW, racially oriented diseases, etc Message-ID: <591@bu-cs.UUCP> Date: Sun, 18-Aug-85 00:59:33 EDT Article-I.D.: bu-cs.591 Posted: Sun Aug 18 00:59:33 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 20-Aug-85 06:49:36 EDT References: <840@mtuxo.UUCP>, <2300002@fthood> Organization: Boston Univ Comp. Sci. Lines: 16 Sorry, one more quick point. Given that the pre-disposition to sickle-cell has been shown to be a consequence of a genetic resistance to malaria and that this resistance is much more prevalent among people who live in malaria prone regions and (whew) that a lot of these people are what we like to call 'a different race' I suppose dumping loads of malaria all over the world might select out those people from that 'race' as survivors. Sorta like if you forced everyone to eat twinkies and slim jims only hackers would survive :-) So what? Are you saying that killing millions of people is immoral? I don't think anyone is arguing. -Barry Shein, Boston University