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In response to "shouldn't you pay attention to new knowledge? that's how civilization has advanced. -- nm" by loosilu

Naw, he's going to put them out on a mountain cliff as a baby, if they survive, the gods willed it -- nm

Posted by The Christmas Carol Coalition (aka seandunham) Dec 22 '08, 13:52

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Screw advances in medicine. His kid gets leeches! -- nm - loosilu Dec 22, 13:52 10
- See this is how ridculous the debate has gotten. We're talking about a fraction of a percentage of injuries compared to users and all of a sudden.. - Name Withheld By Request Dec 22, 14:05 3
  - a fraction of a percentage? Did you look at any of the actual numbers? Not even in the same universe. -- nm - loosilu Dec 22, 14:19
  - Did you miss the stat where 95% of fatalities involved people who were not wearing helmets? -- nm - Beryllium Dec 22, 14:13 1
    - Two rebuttals: 1) What's the overall percentage of helmet useage? 2) What percentage of those deaths do you think the helmet would have prevented? -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Dec 22, 14:20
- How full circle it has come. We now use leaches to stimulate blood flow where there isn't any. -- nm - Redmond home from work, bad weather Dec 22, 13:54 4
  - I thought it was to drain off stagnant blood. -- nm - loosilu Dec 22, 13:55 3
    - A little from Column A, and a little from Column Medicinal Maggots -- nm - Beryllium Dec 22, 13:56 1
      - mmm...medicinal maggots. -- nm - znufrii Dec 22, 13:58
    - Mike from Dirty Jobs ate some on his episode - so freakin gross -- nm - Pippy Dec 22, 13:56
- Advances in "medicine" have shown the benefits of leeches. -- nm - NWBR si Dec 22, 13:54

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