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Then we shouldn't allow black people near our farms because they'll eat all our chickens.

That is the stupidest, most ignorant reply anyone could possibly make regarding this subject.  Being black and choosing who you have relations with are two completely different things.  

And it's not about denying certain people "free blood tests," though that is a legitmate problem.  Idiots wasting other people's time and money just because they don't want to be responsible and pay for a test.

And in fact, the issue that there have been some caught doing that reveals how expensive the blood scanning is.

Tthus adding even more weight to the need to not open it up to that group which represents a disproportionate amount of rejected blood samples.

It's basically throwing time and money away. Instead, they wisely chose to close donating off to that one group.  It is wise, it makes sense, and it has nothing to do with discriminating against anyone's choice of how they conduct their private lives.

sounds like someone who didn't thing it through got all bent and decided to make a big deal out of a misunderstanding.  Shame.  Happens way too often.

In a way, yes.
Since I was posting as you had been.

Actually, no. 

i posted facts.  you posted knee-jerk reactions to what you THOUGHT might have been intended, rather than simply reading and understanding what exactly was being presented.

You had simply chosen to ignore the facts I (and others) presented so your lack of comprehension skills weren't so exposed. EVERYTHING you are arguing against are things you have actually made up yourself.  That's what is so pathetic.

It's over.  You have embarrassed yourself enough.  It's a good idea for you to just let it go now.

There are good reasons why certain people of various lifestyles are not eligible for donating blood.  They are good reasons that have been showcased very clearly in this thread. 

Once it devolves into childish little things you are doing now, it is obvious that this thread has run its course.

If I remember correctly, there are a number of behaviors that bar someone from being eligible to donate blood.  For example, people who have used non-prescription intravenous drugs at any time in their lives are ineligible to donate because they have a statistically disproportionate incidence of infectious disease.  It's just the way it is.  They are cutting costs by screening out the people whose blood is statistically most likely to contain disease.  

Nice post.  Clear.  Logical.  Factual.  Not caught up in personal feelings.  

Here is the Red Cross list of eligibility requirements for donating blood.

http://www.redcrossb...betical-listing

They aren't singling out some group because "eeeew, that's yucky!" They are simply following practical safety and financial guidelines.  Safety being the chief issue.

The end.

Crime happens anywhere you go

Taking away guns isnt going to stop anything

If someone is going to use a gun to commit a crime then making guns illegal isnt going to stop them because they are criminals....why would they care if they broke the law and obtained guns illegally

All banning guns would do is take away guns from people who aren't going to commit crimes in the first place

Give them an inch and they'll take a foot, as soon as the government gets what they want and bans guns then they'll start looking at different ways to strip our rights away and give themselves more and more power

The real problem isnt gun control, the problem is the media being the Obama administrations personal fanboy advertising committee and blowing up every gun related incident just to make the common american think that the thing we need to do is get rid of guns...

Denial is a hoax if anything. We got science on our side.

Actually, you don't.  What you have are faked numbers, manipulated data, political agenda, and scientists desperate for government funding.  Scientists that you would call "dissentors" and are actually the majority of scientists, are not getting paid to speak on climate change, while climate scientists who are using climate change to further their own narratives and agenda are being paid millions in climate research grants by governments all over the world, then they call it 'science' and 'consensus' where there is neither.

The earth was in a warming trend from 85 to 98, we've been on a cooling trend since then, not rapid, it's very gentle in fact.  That bright ball in the sky that you've probably been spending most of your life avoiding is the cause of all of it.