Victor,
The Russians are criminals. They must have slipped in with all the good
people Ray talked about. So, the Russians are good and bad - heck, they
must be human.
The patenting of genes is an an outcome of the patent system. The problem
can be solved by ending this system, but that's too radical for the modern
liberal.
But, it would end the problem.
So, as you are busy being eluded, think a little about solving problems
instead of commenting on them.
Harry
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Victor wrote:
>Thanks, Ray, for your very interesting and detailed information, both on
>lead poisoning and on Russian immigrants. You did fail to mention one
>important group among the Russians. Shall we call them the entrepreneurial
>group? I mean the ones whose presence caused the Toronto police to set up a
>"Russian crime unit". They stole two tractor-trailer loads of product
>(natural gas fireplaces) from my employer 70 miles north of Toronto. It was
>fortunately recovered when a Toronto cop spotted the cartons in a warehouse,
>and a wiretap (requiring a translation from the Russian) led the police to
>the boss. Harry Pollard might quibble about my choice of terms, but the
>difference between these gentlemen and the American entrepreneurs trying to
>patent the genes of indigenous people rather eludes me.
>
>Victor
