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Old Jun 24th, 2003, 03:40 PM        The Extinction of the Mosquito
This is an interesting article.

http://www.popsci.com/popsci/medicin...446128,00.html

A geneticist has devised a way to completely wipe out a species of mosquito. I am all for it. Mosquitos are worthless (as the article states they are neither a polinator or significant food source) and Malaria kills like 4 people a minute. Of course there will no doubt be plenty of enviromentalists up-in-arms over this...
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Old Jun 24th, 2003, 03:51 PM       
I was going to make a remark about the food chain and the natural habitat, but apparently that's covered in the article. Hey, if there's no dangerous consequences, super.

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Old Jun 24th, 2003, 03:52 PM       
If there is no negative ecological impact from doing so, I would be for it. However, I would suggest preserving some of the larvae for study.
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Old Jun 24th, 2003, 04:02 PM       
What about Bears? Can we start to kill bears? I was at the Zoo a few weeks back...they don't do anything, they smell bad, & there are much cooler predetors we could release in there place, like tigers!
hell yeah! I want tigers replacing bears all over the place, even in books, movies, products, & old folk-lore!
Bears are stupid, Tigers ROCK!!!
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Old Jun 24th, 2003, 04:10 PM       
Impossible. Bears can be cute. Anything cute deserves to live, is a blessing by its creation alone, and must be preserved by all costs. Anything ugly or irritating however has no such right.
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Old Jun 24th, 2003, 04:12 PM       
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Impossible. Bears can be cute. Anything cute deserves to live, but anything ugly or irritating must has no such right.
Considering the fact that mosquitos kill a HELL of a lot more people than bear attacks, don't you think that is a rather unfair judgement of motives?
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Old Jun 24th, 2003, 04:21 PM       
No? Let's have a philosophical debate.
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Old Jun 24th, 2003, 04:26 PM       
Yeap, I'm for mosquito genocide. Not that the West Nile Virus is a major threat yet, it's at least a good reason to kill 'em off.
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Old Jun 24th, 2003, 04:39 PM       
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Old Jun 24th, 2003, 04:48 PM       
Fabulous! Allow me time to prepare my notes?
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Old Jun 24th, 2003, 04:54 PM       
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Old Jun 24th, 2003, 05:23 PM       
It's about fucking time. I've lost more blood to mosquitos than I could if I slit both my wrists.
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Old Jun 24th, 2003, 07:21 PM       
While were at it we should get rid of the nigg..... I mean african americans too.
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Old Jun 25th, 2003, 01:16 AM       
I think I heard years ago that to do away with mosquitos would probably cause mass die-outs of bat populations, which in turn would fuck up all kinds of shit. But then again, they are annoying little boogers.
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Old Jun 25th, 2003, 02:36 AM       
globalization globalization globalization. Wanna bet that big business benefits more from anything that occurs than the people effected?
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Old Jun 25th, 2003, 05:59 AM       
the bats can't die, the world would end without Guano.
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Old Jun 25th, 2003, 09:00 AM       
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Impossible. Bears can be cute. Anything cute deserves to live, is a blessing by its creation alone, and must be preserved by all costs. Anything ugly or irritating however has no such right.
A PETA press kit will be mailed to you immediately. Welcome aboard!
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Old Jun 25th, 2003, 09:51 AM       
We need mosquitos because in sixty million years time the only relic of human DNA will be in a mosquito trapped in amber and the new dolphin race will be able to recreate us using advanced cloning techniques in a theme park called "Clone-o Sapiens™" and we shall break free and run rampage before eventually being outwitted by the dolphin children.
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Old Jun 25th, 2003, 10:11 AM       
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A PETA press kit will be mailed to you immediately. Welcome aboard!
But Kelly, if PETA didn't care about useless animals that aren't cute, then we might not be blessed with your presence
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Old Jun 25th, 2003, 10:19 AM       
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But Kelly, if PETA didn't care about useless animals that aren't cute, then we might not be blessed with your presence
Ahhh ... like a mosquito is attracted to the light. You're comment was both anticipated and amusing.

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Old Jun 25th, 2003, 02:20 PM       
Pfft. Those damn cockroaches can survive a nuclear blast. I think they can take care of themselves.
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Old Jun 25th, 2003, 06:42 PM       
cockroaches in NYC drive cars, they cant be killed to the point of extinction.
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Old Jun 25th, 2003, 08:28 PM       
I have got to start wearing bug repellent. I keep getting eaten alive every fucking time I go out to weed the front garden. They even show up on drizzly days for a free meal.
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