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This is a point that makes me worry, but consider:
- what matters are statistics. Maybe FLG people live longer than non FLG in average. But we will never have statistics because of censorship
- maybe people should be allowed to choose how they want to die, not to take medication if they don't want to
- maybe the number of people killed during persecution vastly outnumbers those who died because they would not take medication
- several religions, including Christianism have miraculous cure claims
- maybe the main reason why communists banned FLG is the political threat it posed, but that a ban was unjustified given the situation. Christian crosses are being taken down as of 2016, have they stopped taking their medications as well?
- maybe many of those people would also have died soon even if they had taken medication
- maybe not all Falun Gong believers thought that it was wise to stop taking medication. But their religion was banned anyways.
- riding motorcycles and smoking also reduce people's lifespan. Forbidding them, also has huge humanitarian costs (more expensive vehicles, creation of a black market, ...). So why not forbid them as well?
- what matters are statistics. Maybe FLG people live longer than non FLG in average. But we will never have statistics because of censorship
- maybe people should be allowed to choose how they want to die, not to take medication if they don't want to
- maybe the number of people killed during persecution vastly outnumbers those who died because they would not take medication
- several religions, including Christianism have miraculous cure claims
- maybe the main reason why communists banned FLG is the political threat it posed, but that a ban was unjustified given the situation. Christian crosses are being taken down as of 2016, have they stopped taking their medications as well?
- maybe many of those people would also have died soon even if they had taken medication
- maybe not all Falun Gong believers thought that it was wise to stop taking medication. But their religion was banned anyways.
- all the following also reduce people's lifespan:
- riding motorcycles vs cars / buses
- smoking
- moving to a poor country to do charity there
- eating fast food
Forbidding them also has huge humanitarian costs (more expensive vehicles, creation of a black market, ...). So why not forbid them as well?
### Falun Gong is completely different in the West than it was in China
