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Re:Typhoid spreads in Pakistan as antibiotics fail by adastra22 on Tuesday September 24, 2024 @07:40AM (#41635452)
Pakistan is a sovereign nation. For better or worse, they are in charge of their own destiny.

Do you really want to establish as normal foreign governments going mucking around in local politics based on their own sense of what is right?

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Re:Typhoid spreads in Pakistan as antibiotics fail by flanked-evergl on Tuesday September 24, 2024 @05:11PM (#41640947)
Telling Pakistian they have to correct course if they are to avoid massive human toll is not "mucking around in local politics".
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Re:Typhoid spreads in Pakistan as antibiotics fail by adastra22 on Wednesday September 25, 2024 @01:27AM (#41643956)
Ok, there are two ways to interpret that statement: (1) literally just giving them advice, with the explicit understanding that nothing is implied in doing so; or (2) an implicit understanding that "they have to correct course if they are to avoid massive human toll" ... OR ELSE.

(1) is hopelessly naïve;

(2) is mucking around in local politics.

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Re:Typhoid spreads in Pakistan as antibiotics fail by flanked-evergl on Wednesday September 25, 2024 @03:18AM (#41644580)
A doctor saying "you need to fix your lifestyle" is not threatening someone. The millions of Pakistanis that are flooding into the west seems to suggests that most Pakistanis prefer the fruits of western governance to the fruits of Pakistani governance. What is missing is the assertion that the state of Europe is mostly a consequence of good governance in the western tradition.
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