----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2001 8:50 AM Subject: Re: CS>public disinformation
> While it's nice to educate staff writers and others about the wonders of CS > (assuming they read your emails), consider the difficulties such a writer > will have countering the "evidence" that CS is worthless when it's presented > from establishment organizations which are relied upon daily to provide > protection from infectious disease for the entire country. Do you think that > such an individual is prepared, professionally (suitable credentials), > emotionally, and financially to take on the entrenched forces that control > public opinion? Roger Roger, While this is a good thing to keep in mind, it still shouldn't discourage us from refuting false claims. For instance, this morning I got a note from Lois Collins, who thanked me for my "kind words." (She wrote more than one positive article on CS for the Deseret News.) As someone who has published in lots of places, I can tell you how much it means to get even one letter of support from a reader, ESPECIALLY when there are so many unaware folks out there. I've also had people pop up out of the woodwork telling me how my words changed their lives. So the bottom line is, you NEVER KNOW when what you say will make a difference. The trick is to refute and educate and challenge WITHOUT INVESTMENT as to the outcome. If I'm emotionally invested, I become subject to burnout, because I'm not getting back what I anticipate I should be receiving. But if I simply do my job and then detach myself from the outcome, I can reap rewards later. I have an idea, which I shall suggest to the website committee, of having PRE-WRITTEN rebuttal letters dealing with argyria, etc., so that when people see misinformation, they can simply go to the website, download the letters, and print them out. Regards, Nina -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: [email protected] -or- [email protected] with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. To post, address your message to: [email protected] Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
