tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post6649581131958095025..comments2024-03-29T09:53:45.879-05:00Comments on Bayou Renaissance Man: Ebola, rampaging superstition, and a complete ignorance of factPeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-32896629243938593462019-06-09T08:18:46.086-05:002019-06-09T08:18:46.086-05:00350 Congolese migrants that came up through Mexico...350 Congolese migrants that came up through Mexico in San Antonio today. Good grief...;STxARhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04588850178293194825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-81764832209596780762019-06-08T21:39:07.450-05:002019-06-08T21:39:07.450-05:00In response to Glenn B's comment on "Unfo...In response to Glenn B's comment on "Unfortunately, many First World readers have no conception of just how primitive and superstitious that culture really is."<br /><br />You rather nicely made Peter's point.<br /><br />I agree that we have some really stupid people in the US but you would have to go a long way to find somebody who thinks vehicles are propelled by magical incantations and poultices.<br /><br />Another thing that escapes the first world is how blasted young African countries are. There is a reason so many soldiers are middle school aged. But even backing out the age issues, in the US most second grade kids know that you have to put fuel in the tank if you want to not run out of gas.<br /><br />Regarding the northern Europeans Caesar encountered, they had metallurgy and fabricated wheeled vehicles and boats. I am not sure the rebels of eastern Congo are that advanced.<br /><br />-JoeEaton Rapids Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09102166969915526172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-73276962725934803122019-06-06T08:05:02.239-05:002019-06-06T08:05:02.239-05:00And in case anyone was wondering, get your preps t...And in case anyone was wondering, get your preps together.<br />At current course and speed, barring anything changing, this one is going to break containment and go hog wild.Aesophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07834464741531503378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-75242158688957754162019-06-06T08:03:44.038-05:002019-06-06T08:03:44.038-05:00Chernobyl killed....what? 4000 or so, who died or ...Chernobyl killed....what? 4000 or so, who died or will, from after effects.<br /><br />Pffft.<br /><br />The 2014 Ebola outbreak death toll will never be accurately known, but it was likely in the neighborhood of >30,000 deaths.<br /><br />This outbreak is over 1,000 dead already, and we're just getting warmed up.Aesophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07834464741531503378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-28479020233839102482019-06-05T18:42:12.357-05:002019-06-05T18:42:12.357-05:00Hi, Bayou R. Your posts on the subject are my go-t...Hi, Bayou R. Your posts on the subject are my go-to source for Ebola news. Thanks for keeping it up, even though it's an ugly subject. Having done some leisure reading about Chernobyl lately, I start to wonder if this Ebola outbreak might become a sort of epidemiological equivalent of a Chernobyl scenario. I think there are certain parallels.Philip Sellshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06900095295297102196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-29145487111457331152019-06-05T18:15:47.191-05:002019-06-05T18:15:47.191-05:00Here's another story on the subject, from last...Here's another story on the subject, from last December. That Telegraph story, annoyingly, isn't dated, but from the source appears to be from June 1.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.smh.com.au/world/africa/magic-murder-and-the-lost-boys-of-congo-s-long-war-20181220-p50nk3.html" rel="nofollow">Magic, murder and the lost boys of Congo's long war</a>Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04829766843115897356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-40001407747309786582019-06-05T12:39:30.779-05:002019-06-05T12:39:30.779-05:00Though it's not all that long ago our own ance...Though it's not all that long ago our own ancestors were burning witches and saw the hand of Satan everywhere. The German tribes that Marius and Caesar faced were no more advanced than Africa tribesmen. Culture doesn't change in a day, or even a generation. Centuries, more like, for substantive change.Larryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13296988746956477216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-44291888040514800592019-06-05T09:24:39.338-05:002019-06-05T09:24:39.338-05:00There is a logical way to solve the problem, but i...There is a logical way to solve the problem, but it's ugly, and may one day be shown to be the step that should have been taken.Jesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15969361446367636746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-55374071647766972952019-06-05T09:06:38.966-05:002019-06-05T09:06:38.966-05:00"Unfortunately, many First World readers have..."Unfortunately, many First World readers have no conception of just how primitive and superstitious that culture really is." While that statement may be true of many, we should not forget we in essence have primitive superstitious types right here at home - at least with regard to how their thought processes are influenced by ignorance. There are many who would rather, and do, believe that God or superstition is their protector and who - for religious or whatever other reasons - refuse to accept modern medicine into their lives. It was recently evident in NY City during a measles outbreak. It comes up on the news now and again too about folks all around the country who for whatever reason fight vaccination programs in court because somehow they seem them as evil or harmful. <br /><br />While we also have people who may take more of an advantage, than those tribal communities in Africa, of many modern technologies, they still think much the same way as do those in Africa (and bear in mid even those Africans will go to modern tech - such as an AK or hand grenades when available ut still have the thought processes of the blissfully ignorant). All too many people in this country see one group or another as responsible for all of their ills just as the Africans see outside medical personnel as being responsible for spreading Ebola and other tribes or religious groups responsible for their other misfortunes. Ignorance, superstition, prejudice, taking advantage of less educated people have never died out in any community in the world as far as I can tell; sometimes you just need look a bit deeper to find it. <br /><br />Today in the United States, despite modern technology or maybe even because of it, e.g.: the Internet and the ignorance it spreads) those things have become more prevalent than they have been in at least 55 or 65 years. Just look at political groups and groups like ANTIFA and their hatred for all things Trump or conservative or other than how they think, that they have imagined are responsible for all of the ills in the world. They may use much more modern technology than children in Africa but only because of its availability here; yet, they certainly are as gullible due to their ignorance and how that ignorance is manipulated, just as is superstition, by politicians and others. Thus they are as easily molded into pawns to be used at the whim of their controllers as are the youths in Africa. <br /><br />While on the outside there appears to be huge differences between our cultures, it seems too many of us still tend to think and act on much the same base level when it comes to hatred and our eager willingness to destroy our perceived enemies. It's all mostly because of the manipulation of the minds of the ignorant that one group of people believe they have been directed and protected by what amounts to some form of divine providence to follow the cause of their handlers and all too often that amounts to the propagation of ignorance that allows it all to continue unabated.Glenn Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16677859688487279914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-21516420270154698252019-06-05T08:45:16.964-05:002019-06-05T08:45:16.964-05:00Have read that Africans are massing at the Mexican...Have read that Africans are massing at the Mexican border demanding entry into our country. Where did they get transport from Africa? Many may be carrying Ebola and are sent to spread the plague on purpose. Why do the intelligence services not know who is at the back of this tremendous evil?deb harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05110992898072146282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-4928139063427797372019-06-05T08:07:13.345-05:002019-06-05T08:07:13.345-05:00A couple of legitimate questions:
How many of thes...A couple of legitimate questions:<br />How many of these folks are muslim?<br />And does this area practice first cousin marriages?<br /><br />SteveStevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02244853101089859845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-41471712807350255632019-06-05T08:02:53.395-05:002019-06-05T08:02:53.395-05:00They are what they are: Neolithic people. I am old...They are what they are: Neolithic people. I am old enough to remember as a boy, every Sunday there was a show on Africa’s wild kingdom that regularly had spear chucking savages and fat, topless women with bones through their noses and lips. I remember anthropologists crapping their pants with rage when they dropped in to visit, and found the tribesmen playing with zippo lighters.<br /><br />My elderly grandfather would be shot for saying it today but it is as he said: “you can take the boy out of the jungle, but you can’t take the jungle out of the boy...”Glen Filthiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03256741311142364722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-30472457752720810052019-06-05T08:00:36.111-05:002019-06-05T08:00:36.111-05:00Adding at the bottom of your post in Ebola previou...Adding at the bottom of your post in Ebola previous links to posts you did would be helpful!Ray - SoCalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11293232996007277071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-33986711636816523362019-06-05T07:38:25.144-05:002019-06-05T07:38:25.144-05:00And to think that leftards and libertardians think...And to think that leftards and libertardians think these kind of people should be imported into a first world society. There are exceptions, but I have a low opinion of Africans. The Lab Managerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17314871529571094106noreply@blogger.com