Ebola outbreak in West Africa

[Felch]

Are you really trying to turn this thread into a debate on the problem of evil for no real reason?

No, it's not that.

Jesus is God.

Jesus exposed himself to the sick.

It is (supposedly) irresponsible to expose yourself to the sick.

Therefore God was irresponsible.

It's obviously wrong, because it's obviously not irresponsible to expose yourself to the sick, if your intention is to heal them. BK's problem is that he listens to too much right-wing insanity, and forgets what the Gospel teaches us (Matthew 25:34-40).

[DinoDoc]

It is (supposedly) irresponsible to expose yourself to the sick.

The only irresponsible and immoral thing the man did was purposefully lie to the screeners in Liberia.

[Ben Kenobi]

problem is that he listens to too much right-wing insanity, and forgets what the Gospel teaches us

Felch, take it to the other thread. Whining about me or Jesus belongs there. This thread is about Ebola.

[kentonio]

Don't tell people where to post douche, this isn't your thread.

[rah]

Actually as with most thread, Ben thinks the thread is really about Ben.

[SlowwHand]

Posting douche is disgusting. Thankfully, I haven't been subjected to seeing it.

[Dr Strangelove]

It's in Washington, DC now! Seeeeeee!!!!!!!! I told them to nuke Texas from orbit! We're going to regret retiring the venerable flamethrower from the US Army. Infected people and their contacts should be hermetically sealed in cellophane, their personal effects and lodgings should be sterilized with napalm.

[The Mad Monk]

Actually as with most thread, we make sure the thread is really about Ben.

[OneFootInTheGrave]

More worrying than Ben are others who continuously argue with him.

Options are:

a) Ben is a troll (I prefer Kid, Kuci brothers, not to mention Wiggy who is a performance artist and should not get into the same bracket with them)
b) Ben is really challenged - in that case people should take it a bit easy on him, as all those put downs (even if he was a troll) are long past the point of "boring" and into "worrying" territory. It should not be OK to be cruel to disadvantaged people (even on-line).
c) Let's say that Ben is a "bored" Asher just trolling for the sake of it - still I don't know who is more crazy, him posting all this nonsense day-in day-out, or everyone else continuing to ramble in response again and again. Looks like a twisted comedy series long past its selling point.

[AAAAAAAAH!]

Everyone in Texas had better bunker down and stay inside for the next few years just to be sure.

[regexcellent]

How about Ben just doesn't ****ing post, ever.

Re: the thread topic. For ****'s sake people need to shut the hell up about ebola, just because you've watched too many horror movies doesn't mean the US is going to turn into a post-apocalyptic wasteland out of 28 Days Later. And even if it does we've still got Will Smith. Oh wait that was I Am Legend. Whatever.

[Ben Kenobi]

Re: the thread topic. For ****'s sake people need to shut the hell up about ebola, just because you've watched too many horror movies doesn't mean the US is going to turn into a post-apocalyptic wasteland out of 28 Days Later. And even if it does we've still got Will Smith. Oh wait that was I Am Legend. Whatever.

Some of us here in Texas actually have to take quarantine protocols seriously. Reg, he had a week to wander around in Dallas. 6 days may not sound like much, but the difference between 3 and 6 in terms of exposure and the range is enormous.

In any case, it's easy to think it's nothing when it's thousands of miles away instead of a few hours.

No news today, quiet day they haven't announced any more numbers so there's not much to talk about.

[AAAAAAAAH!]

Ebola is so easy to catch I'm surprised half the population of Dallas hasn't already dropped dead.

[SlowwHand]

I feel half-dead. I thought it was just a long day.

[regexcellent]

Some of us here in Texas actually have to take quarantine protocols seriously. Reg, he had a week to wander around in Dallas. 6 days may not sound like much, but the difference between 3 and 6 in terms of exposure and the range is enormous.

In any case, it's easy to think it's nothing when it's thousands of miles away instead of a few hours.

No news today, quiet day they haven't announced any more numbers so there's not much to talk about.

Oh my stars! A man got sick in Texas!

YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET EBOLA (unfortunately) SO SHUT THE **** UP ABOUT IT. We didn't all die of ****ing swine flu either.