diff --git a/FAQ.md b/FAQ.md index 0ba95be99545374a80a2722824de121e0e437999..d36d3fb654d3497a1cadb899d90a6a07f067cba5 100644 --- a/FAQ.md +++ b/FAQ.md @@ -271,14 +271,28 @@ Otherwise, democracy and communism can also be considered as religions, and bann 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