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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker Apr 28

    Human sacrifice, once ubiquitous, was the first kind of violence to be abolished - and it has stayed abolished, a hope for other kinds. (Peru child sacrifice discovery may be largest in history.)http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-04-28/140-children-killed-in-ancient-child-sacrifice-in-peru/9706926 …

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      2. Nate Phelps‏ @n8phelps Apr 28
        Replying to @sapinker

        I submit that every child who dies because their parents and pastors prayed over their sick bodies instead of seeking medical attention is a human sacrifice.

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      2. Greg Wolf‏ @gregmwolf Apr 28
        Replying to @sapinker @JonahNRO

        In Britain they still sacrifice children to the Gods of socialized healthcare

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      3. Bryan Hutchings‏ @BryanH0073 Apr 28
        Replying to @gregmwolf @sapinker @JonahNRO

        While in America they sacrifice many to the gods of privatized medicine.

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      4. Greg Wolf‏ @gregmwolf Apr 28
        Replying to @BryanH0073 @sapinker @JonahNRO

        In America the state doesn't prohibit parents from seeking alternative treatment and force children to die

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      5. Bryan Hutchings‏ @BryanH0073 Apr 28
        Replying to @gregmwolf

        They don't do that in the UK either. The government not paying for a treatment that won't be effective isn't the same thing as prohibiting it. And it's not like the private insurance companies in the U.S. would pay for such a treatment either.

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      6. Greg Wolf‏ @gregmwolf Apr 28
        Replying to @BryanH0073

        The UK government used the police to prevent Alfie from traveling to Italy to receive treatment paid for by his family.

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      1. Thilo von Pape‏ @tvonpape Apr 28
        Replying to @sapinker

        Stunned by the reactance to this plain observation. These comments perfectly summarize ch. 4 of "Enlightenment Now" on #Progressophobia. When evidence of the cruel prejudices we have overcome is overwhelming, critics turn to semantics: isn't healthcare a form of child sacrifice?pic.twitter.com/LpsQNS8J2r

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      2. LaurieEndicottThomas‏ @LaurieEThomas Apr 28
        Replying to @sapinker

        The Roman gladiatorial games were human sacrifice. So is modern capital punishment.

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      3. fmfalcao‏ @fmfalcao Apr 28
        Replying to @LaurieEThomas @sapinker

        What kind of sacrifice is made in the act of capitol punishment?

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      4. Luna Duran‏ @BookofLuna May 3
        Replying to @fmfalcao @LaurieEThomas @sapinker

        A human life.

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      5. fmfalcao‏ @fmfalcao May 4
        Replying to @BookofLuna @LaurieEThomas @sapinker

        Would you be referring to the life of the one punished by the state or the innocent life that criminal may have taken away?

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      1. John Zmirak‏ @JZmirak Apr 28
        Replying to @sapinker @john_gravino

        Have you read Rene Girard, on the fundamental role scapegoat violence has played in the foundation of political order? I recommend "Violence & the Sacred" as a starting point. @gbailie

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      1. Mary Grothe‏ @mcgrothe Apr 28
        Replying to @sapinker @JonahNRO

        Really? might want to check with PP about that🤔

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      1. Steven Weber‏ @norocket1984 Apr 28
        Replying to @sapinker

        Politicians are sacrificing life on earth for short term political gain. Worse than anything in history.

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      1. Des Carne‏ @descarne Apr 28
        Replying to @sapinker

        Many to your right would argue that we have that in far greater abundance today. #abortion

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      1. John Paruch Ⓥ‏ @Paruch_John Apr 28
        Replying to @sapinker

        Slaughterhouses next please.

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      2. John Harrington‏ @thebeartiger Apr 28
        Replying to @unambiorix @sapinker

        Considering Gray's critique of Better Angels, I don't think it would be very interesting. Gray doesn't have a very good mind.

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      4. John Harrington‏ @thebeartiger Apr 28
        Replying to @unambiorix @sapinker

        That's not what I mean. I'm not a Pinker acolyte. I do think it's possible to critique Pinker in a useful way. Unfortunately, there's something about Pinker's work that seems to attract people energetically opposed to him who don't seem to understand him, like Gray and Taleb.

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