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Kyle

Kyle — Fri, 08 May 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Those Muslims in Egypt sure are peaceful people...

Mona A

Mona A — Mon, 11 May 2009 00:00:00 +0000

yeah blame it on the mouslims as usual.

Sarah

Sarah — Tue, 12 May 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Ok that actually made me laugh. I heard a few days ago a Swine Flu expert on one of the daily shows, I’m not sure I think it was John Stewart, related the slaughter order to the government trying to come down hard on the 10% Christian minority. She stated it like it was an actual fact, which, well, it might be, but it isn’t.

Doesn’t really have much to do with the ’muslims’ at this point.

Max

Max — Fri, 08 May 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Wasteful and stupid.

The disease does not come from eating pork, and the flu is contagious between humans at this point.

Bill

Bill — Fri, 08 May 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Im no vegetarian, I love meat. But this seems like a sad waste to me, not to mention stupid. How do these guys not know its human-to-human now? I’d almost say its more of a religious move, taking advantage of the situation to prevent the consumption of pigs by the non muslim minority.

Sarah

Sarah — Tue, 12 May 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Probably right! But listen, we’re talking about some of the poorest hygienic atmospheres here. Disease that would probably kill swine flu! lol.

So it’s not about EATING the pork, as much as it’s herding the pigs that worry them. But that’s ofcourse if i’m going to pretend like the government actually gives a fu**! But the non-muslim minority has been consuming pig products for a very very long time, and it’s not like a secret underground supply chain either, you can find it in stores in certain places and openly and publicly, and some restaurants even serve it as an optional additional dressing (e.g. Pizza)

So anyways, if I know a thing or two about the kind of tension between the two sects in Egypt, I’d say the Muslims would be glad that the Non-muslims eat pork and so surely will go to hell. i.e. Good riddance!

Branesva

Branesva — Fri, 08 May 2009 00:00:00 +0000

they did the same thing with chickens during the whole bird flu scare. Apparently they just love slaughtering animals and ruining people’s livelihoods at the drop of a hat.

Tiaan

Tiaan — Fri, 08 May 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Let’s kill all people to stop AIDS while we’re at it.

Kiesty

Kiesty — Fri, 08 May 2009 00:00:00 +0000

This is what happens when religious “people” run your science programs.

Expert medical advice!

Sarah

Sarah — Tue, 12 May 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Hey killing the birds was the ONLY option! You’re talking about sick infected birds running around on house roofs and even INSIDE the homes. Kids playing with them, helping collect eggs, mothers feeding the chicken, unsanitary by ALL measures, and people in Egypt are still dying of bird flu today!!

It’s not about slaughtering animals. True it affects people’s livelihoods but some people who owned chicken farms and raised domestic chickens here would rather keep their sick chickens and risk infection and maybe even have a VERY sick member living with them, but decide to keep it on the down low as to not lose their ’livelihood’ as you put it. I’d rather they slaughtered the chickens.

These are very simple minded people, and most of the time, will not follow any kind of instructions coming from any official source like the government. The proof of which is that as i said, people are still dying. A little girls just died a couple of days ago because she came in contact with infected birds.

Hemant

Hemant — Fri, 08 May 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Why not just test the pigs, instead of killing them? I don’t agree with PETA but unless the pigs are infected and threaten us, why kill them? People are so quick to destroy animals.

Sarah

Sarah — Tue, 12 May 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Test the pigs? Hermant, you’re talking about a country that BARELY values human life!! you want them to test 300,000 pigs? hahaha...seriously?

Jeanelle

Jeanelle — Fri, 08 May 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Ludicrous. The country doesn’t have a single case of swine flu and they haven’t even tested the pigs. In the countries which do have human cases, only one country has reported deaths. This is just rampant paranoia and third world thinking.

Nuya Bidness

Nuya Bidness — Fri, 08 May 2009 00:00:00 +0000

I totally understand the viewpoint of the OP here. The whole world pondered why would the Egyptian government do such thing. It seemed to be a knee jerk reaction but it would have exposed the mediocrity of the Egyptian health care system.

Now, I have been to pig farms in the US, they are lovely, pastoral places with huge barns with concrete floors, and automated feeding troughs and sprinkler systems in the ceiling that keep the pigs washed. There are adorable little pink piggies that are checked over by veterinarians and almost no smell at all.

The video I saw of the pig farms in Egypt are nothing like that. From a sanitation stand point, those were a breeding ground for all sorts of diseases, not just flu. Maybe this will be the impetus for dealing with garbage in a more effective way.