so the liberals at my school are going to end malaria by "sleeping out" on campus

At my school it wasn't just a sleepout. It was a fundraiser and a fun sleepover type thing. No different than the March of Dimes or Relay for Life. This was Cover Africa. Do any of you go to Cornell?

Sort of Depressing, OP wrote:

I'm not sure where you live, but I bet it's springtime there. The weather is probably pretty decent. Go outside and go for a run.

just dont get bit by any mosquitoes

DDT is only banned in the industrialized world where we have gotten rid of malaria. They use it all over africa and south asia all the time. They also still die of malaria.

I have a question for the OP. I agree that (other than publicity that you are providing) the sit in or whatever will do nothing. How are you helping cure malaria?

hiiiiisfsdafafd wrote:

Wait until you grow up a little bit and realize you aren't the smartest human ever.

we can hardly wait for the same of you

Let us know when you graduate from high school.

hiiiiisfsdafafd wrote:

Dude you are just parroting some textbook written by liberal professors. DDT was banned worldwide.

At least now the WHO is saying its ok to use it again.

You're so self righteous, and you think you know exactly how to run everyones's lives. Wait until you grow up a little bit and realize you aren't the smartest human ever.

Might want to look in the mirror there, old chap. DDT use was never stopped worldwide, and it isn't effective anymore in the places where it continued to be used agriculturally--the places, not coincidentally, where malaria was a problem.

In fact, DDT never was illegal in developing countries, and only in 2004 was it restricted to use against malaria. So basically suggestions that we fix the problem by using DDT again are based on complete ignorance and a tendency of certain radio hosts to blame everything on imaginary environmentalists/liberals.

devilsadvocate wrote:

Let's think this through a bit more.

Eradicate malaria. While we're at it, let's eradicate diarrheal diseases.

Africa gets several million more mouths to feed every year, maybe more than that. Also, in the process, we manage to wipe out what little wildlife is left, through use of toxic chemicals, destruction of habitat and just plain hunting/poaching.

So Africa becomes a much happier place?

Be careful what you wish for.

Actually you are not a "devils advocate," you are a logic advocate.

The first thing Africa needs is BIRTH CONTROL. The next thing it needs is EDUCATION.

Bill Gates, via the Gates foundation, is dedicated to ending disease in Africa. Their mission should be to end over-population in Africa(non sustainable populates/hoards of ignorant thugs that think that raping a virgin will cure them of HIV, for instance.)

To the OP (if you ever come back to this thread):

What have you done about malaria this year?

What have you done to help anyone out at all, aside from your direct friends and family?

niarun wrote:

I have a question for the OP. I agree that (other than publicity that you are providing) the sit in or whatever will do nothing. How are you helping cure malaria?

Not the OP, but, paying my taxes. U.S. tax dollars fund 22% of the U.N., which funds the WHO, and my tax dollars also go to the CDC. Also, if you bought Microsoft back in the early 90s, as Bill & Melinda Gates have donated over 10 million to the Malaria Vaccine Initiative.

And as for the sit-in/protesting thing I hate to quote Fat Mike, but "lets spend the day protesting all the problems that we're facing, anything but face reality."

So the Right wingers are going to achieve peace and security by threatening everyone and attacking several nattions

Rachel Carson's "Silent Spring" started the hysteria that ended DDT's very effective use. The Sierra Club and The Enviromental Defense Fund (love those guys) litigated and pressured government to ban it's use in the 60's. This is despite it's proven effectiveness and the fact that millions of lives had been saved by it's use up to that point. Ed sweeney (an EPA judge) negated it's harmful effects and lauded it as a life-saver after several months of EPA hearings, however, his findings were rejected by Bill Ruckelshaus who banned it's use in '72. To say it's use continued in other under-developedd countries is to ignore the fact that the WHO/ The United Nations ceased to provide financial support for it's use, therefore drastically slashing it's use to near zero....particularly in African nations. The malaria problem, once greatly reduced by DDT, soon became rampant again and continues to this day. Make no mistake; stage one thinking (liberal thought), and pure liberal hysteria was and is responsible for the deaths of millions in Africa and worldwide since the 60's. Always the good intentions....never the results....never having to say you're sorry. Shameful and ignorant with all the best intentions as usual. Now off to CO2!!!!!! Grow up boys.

Thinking Rationally wrote:

It's a "sleep out to end malaria." By that I mean they're going to come out of their dorm rooms and sleep on the ground in the liberals arts courtyard, and this defiance of the elements is going to bring malaria to its knees, apparently. We should be greatful for the brave liberals who do productive and world-changing things like this for humanity.

Oh man. You messed this one up. This is the sort of casual/"Your-disease-is-my-weeknight-entertainment" sort of event that people are constantly getting laid as a result of participating in. It's no sweat off your balls to go hang out there. Next time, go down there, cheer a few times and then get a cute girl's digits and give her a call later.

Africa would be a great place if not for the Africans.

Yeah OP, and how does running a race fight breast cancer?

monkeyballs wrote:

What are the conservatives doing? A sponsored invasion of a small African nation?

nah we're sitting in lawn chairs with beers watching y'alls stupid @sses

LOL. I spewed on my keyboard on that one.