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Re:Let's Kill All the Mosquitoes by theptip on Wednesday April 20, 2016 @03:37PM (#11537125)
This is the right way to frame it; or perhaps try the counterfactual: by not taking action, we are choosing to allow 0.1 Holocausts/year of deaths to occur.

We wipe species off the face of the earth regularly for as little benefit as increasing the land available for soy farming in the Amazon; averting a holocaust per decade seems like a no-brainer when measured on that scale.

Re:Let's Kill All the Mosquitoes by ommunist on Thursday April 21, 2016 @12:23AM (#11539681)
Prohibit cars. 1/6 of Holocaust every year will be prevented.
Re:Let's Kill All the Mosquitoes by ethanbond on Thursday April 21, 2016 @06:45AM (#11540927)
Because the utility of mosquitos is roughly equivalent to the utility of cars.

Duh.

Re:Let's Kill All the Mosquitoes by ommunist on Thursday April 21, 2016 @08:20AM (#11541450)
Nope, mosquitoes are far more efficient.