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  • Apr. 30th, 2008 at 11:10 AM
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Artifact - 4

1, Tap: Destroy all credibility

Larry Niven has launched himself off the deep end:

Niven said a good way to help hospitals stem financial losses is to spread rumors in Spanish within the Latino community that emergency rooms are killing patients in order to harvest their organs for transplants.

“The problem [of hospitals going broke] is hugely exaggerated by illegal aliens who aren’t going to pay for anything anyway,” Niven said.

That's right, folks, the best way to deal with hospital funding is to dissuade the largest racial minority in America from using it through lies and fearmongering. Good one, Larry. Why don't you just say exactly what you mean? "We can solve our problem by grinding up all the fucking wetbacks for Kzin chow!"

-pb

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[info]christianet wrote:
Apr. 30th, 2008 03:45 pm (UTC)
Well, Niven used to be one of my favorite sci-fi authors ... another example of why big brains do not necessarily mean you are a good person ...
[info]pirat_ponton wrote:
Apr. 30th, 2008 06:02 pm (UTC)
Soylent Verde
Maybe he's pulling a kind of "A Modest Proposal" thing?
[info]pbagosy wrote:
Apr. 30th, 2008 06:17 pm (UTC)
Re: Soylent Verde
The problem here is that this was presented to the DHS. Chertoff's likely to hear "A Modest Proposal" and start handing out fried baby ration cards in New Orleans. Even if Niven was kidding, he did it to the worst possible group of people.

-pb