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The madness allusions are just for fun, but the fascism is deadly serious. I'm not saying that you are politically a fascist, but this is clearly a policy that would be adopted under fascist rule, and steps over half a dozen very clear human rights boundaries. But now you've gone to the lengths of fear mongering to try to bring your point home, and that insults you much more than I.
Oh, and you would never have to worry about what Billy brought back from Kenya because Billy isn't allowed to visit Kenya without having had his shots. Know a little bit about the policies before speaking about them.
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I'm not fear mongering. Everything I have said has already happened and is happening now. And people do go abroad without their recommended inoculations, most of which are for specific tropical diseases and not the basic childhood set. I know they do, because most of the outbreaks I read about are exactly that.
That a policy might exist in a fascist society does itself make that policy fascist or bad. I expect motoring speed limits would be implemented in a fascist society as well, viciously trampling on our rights to use our own property as we see fit for no good reason. Other than for the protection of ourselves and others.
And any human right that actually harms humanity instead of actually protecting it is not worth the page it is written on. As it is, it appears to be the other way around. From the Convention on the Rights of the Child:
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The best interests of children must be the primary concern in making decisions that may affect them. All adults should do what is best for children. When adults make decisions, they should think about how their decisions will affect children. This particularly applies to
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Children have the right to live. Governments should ensure that children survive and develop healthily.
budget, policy and law makers.
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Children have the right to live with their parent(s), unless it is bad
for them. Children whose parents do not live together have the right to stay in contact with both parents,
unless this might hurt the child.
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Children have the right to be protected from being hurt and mistreated, physically or mentally. Governments should ensure that children are properly cared for and protect them from violence, abuse and neglect by their parents, or anyone else who looks after them.
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Children have the right to good quality health care – the best health care possible – to safe drinking water, nutritious food, a clean and safe environment, and information to help them stay healthy. Rich countries should help poorer countries achieve this.
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And in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights:
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(1) Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control.
(2) Motherhood and childhood are entitled to special care and assistance. All children, whether born in or out of wedlock, shall enjoy the same social protection.
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In the exercise of his rights and freedoms, everyone shall be subject only to such limitations as are determined by law solely for the purpose of securing due recognition and respect for the rights and freedoms of others and of meeting the just requirements of morality, public order and the general welfare in a democratic society.
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