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Thursday, July 17, 2008 02:26 AM
Original article: So much for my happy ending

Anger

Ms Hepola, perhaps you're angry because you've heard many stories about women who had bad experiences with masseurs. So you're just letting the steam out. That's OK: there certainly were too many such cases, and I hope the women in question could at least sued the masseurs.

But your anger is now hitting the wrong target -- i.e. women who actually had a good experience with a massage that went sexual. I think they'd also feel angry -- 'skeeved up' -- at you if they read what you just wrote. It would be like, I don't know, being angry at dates in general because there is date rape, or at marriage because there is partner rape. Or, if you prefer, being angry at women in general because some of them have broken the hearts of some of my male friends. Maybe you would also excuse a guy who 'let the steam out' about women right after one unfairly broke his heart. But whatever he'd say wouldn't be nice, and non-heart-breakers might well feel wronged.

Ms Hepola, I understand your anger. But you see -- you are sending the wrong message. '"My nipples got erect, so that must have sent him a signal," is kind of horrifying.' Sigh!... No, it's not.

Thursday, July 17, 2008 05:11 AM

@Mama Blaise

I do not want to say that you did no research, or that you didn't try very hard before making your decisions. But I must say: you probably haven't read standard sources about epidemiology or about the history of health care. Some statistics would also be a good idea, to understand how exactly non-vaccinated people can be a statistical hazard for others, including vaccinated people. After that, we'd again like to know your thoughts on the issue; but right now, you do sound like some more research was necessary.

It's important also to have good, trustworthy studies if you want to make such decisions yourself. You see, the two websites you mentioned don't cite the source for their data, and their explanations seem to be somewhat biased against full vaccination. The latter explains why the former is so important: if sources are cited, a perceived bias can be checked against the original sources from which the data were taken.

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