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To: BubbaTheRocketScientist
Repeated bad driving doesn't lead to the development of new strains of antibiotic-resistant bad drivers who can infect and quite possibly kill unknowing good drivers

Very good, although we were originally speaking of crimes, not anitbodies. So...think about what you are saying in the context of all human contact, not just sex. In the name of public health, you are making an argument for the regulation and criminalization of all interactions that might spread disease.

44 posted on 02/12/2006 4:42:11 PM PST by chinche
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To: chinche
In the name of public health, you are making an argument for the regulation and criminalization of all interactions that might spread disease.

No, not "all interactions". Just those which provably have a high likelihood of spreading disease. It's the same general principal as that which allows municipalities to require sewer or septic service in new housing developments. Also the reason why we don't let people self-prescribe antibiotics. And the same principle under which we can forcibly commit and medicate TB patients.
46 posted on 02/12/2006 4:48:39 PM PST by BubbaTheRocketScientist (We're from the town with the Super Bowl Team, we cheer the Pittsburgh Steelers!)
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