Jason said, "The wholesale "slaughter" of silver by various "authorities" must be met with even-handed, rational inquiry, and the open exchange of information. The FDA has not even begun its wholesale attack on things such as colloidal silver."
I fear the reality is that rational inquiry has never counted for much when the media is helping promote a "witch-hunt" against something. The amount of hard scientific evidence in support of the harmlessness of colloidal silver (and the toxicity of silver compounds) is far less than the evidence against such things as vaccinations or antibiotics or microwave ovens or even the illegality of income tax, yet those things endure anyway. Why? Because, even with the internet, the majority of folks have never heard. And when they have heard, they suspect the validity of the sources. If the FDA announced that they had 3 recent cases of argyria caused by an "overdose" of 10 ppm colloidal silver, with gray-faced photos to prove it, and it was on the front page of every newspaper, you and I would know it was a snow-job, but the public wouldn't. The legislation that would be hurried through to "protect" the citizenry from these "Silver Maniacs" (you and I) would be unstoppable. Why, several of these people who prey on the public with their toxic heavy-metal products might even come forward and admit that, yes, they knew it was dangerous, but the money was too good, the public too gullible (you all know how good the money is selling colloidal silver!). Several of them might even get jail sentences (later suspended), but the public would understand that, even though there have been some complaints about the FDA, they're after all just trying to protect us. They just get a little overzealous, sometimes. Whatever rational arguments that could be offered against the FDA's claims, whatever scientific evidence to the contrary, the public would never hear. Do I sound pessimistic? Fatalistic? Probably. How do you rally the nation to any kind of cause if the media won't let you? Those of us who would "never leave home without it" still never will, but there may well be only a certain amount of time left to sell and discuss colloidal silver. I hope I'm wrong. ______________________________________________________________________ Find, Connect Date! http://personals.yahoo.ca -- 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]>
