I am merely quite contemptuous of Bush for things he has done and said. Moreover, I was not comparing anyone to Stalin, much less George W. Bush. Try reading what I said instead of having a knee jerk defensive response. I said
>The only events I think that are comparable are Stalin's support of >Lamarkian genetics in the 1930's - that resulted in the death of tens >of thousands in Russia and the Ukraine. Or the more recent support of >a crackpot AIDS theory by Tambo Mbeke, president of South Africa. I was showing the consequences of politicizing the scientific process. I was definitely NOT comparing George W. Bush to Stalin. Although to me he seems corrupt and his behavior at times is egregious, he has along way to go before equaling Stalin. I thought I was being quite clear. Moreover by your reasoning, I was also comparing him to Mbeke. Given your perception of my politics, that from me would have been a nice complement. Need to improve one's reading comprehension a bit no? I guess things like Slick Willy etc do not count either. Double standards I guess. larry >And your view is typical of those who always use a derogative instead of the >persons name. Despite my dislike of Clinton, I always used his name and >only called him immoral and scum bag a couple of times. > >Lighten up. No, I did not read the article. I just thought that the >juxtaposition of the words was humorous. And your comparisons to Stalin are >just ensuring that I don't read it. > >Andy > >-----Original Message----- >From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Saturday, August 09, 2003 8:16 AM >To: CF-Community >Subject: RE: Report details Bush's misuse of scientific research > > >>Hay. Just what is your problem? Who the heck would argue that condoms >>aren't effective against those little missile's hitting their target :-)) > >Have you read the article? Have you any understanding of the need for >honesty in scientific reporting. It can be a life or death matter in >some cases. > >The problem is that by distorting the research to fit their agenda >does a disservice to scientific research, public health, medicine and >environmental health to name a few. Another example, missile defense. >IF they fudged the data to show that it works, what happens when we >are subjected to an attack and our much vaunted missile defenses fail >miserably. Are you willing to care for all the people who are going >to be dying of cancer in a few years because of these distortions. >The only events I think that is comparable are Stalin's support of >Lamarkian genetics in the 1930's - that resulted in the death of tens >of thousands in Russia and the Ukraine. Or the more recent support of >a crackpot AIDS theory by Tambo Mbeke, president of South Africa. >That support may have resulted in hundreds or thousands of needless >deaths by AIDS related illnesses > >In this case I do not care whether the administration is liberal >conservative or just confused, lying and distorting scientific >research is well beyond the pale. Its an assault on science in >general. When the New England Journal of Medicine, the Lancet, Nature >and science criticize the government over this you know something is >wrong. The Lancet and the NEJM are not exactly what you would call a >hotbed of liberalism. To quote from the article: "the editors of the >Lancet noted "growing evidence of explicit vetting of appointees to >influential [scientific] panels on the basis of their political or >religious opinions" and warned against "any further right-wing >incursions" on those panels. " > >And you're saying there is nothing wrong with this? > >If your view is typical of the pro-Shrub people that is really scary > >-- > >Larry C. Lyons > >======================================================== >Life is Complex. It has both real and imaginary parts. >======================================================== >Chaos, Panic and Disorder. My work here is done. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
