Wow! On Mar 29, 2013, at 5:38 PM, Glenn moyer wrote:
> > > > > "Monsanto is looking like or worse than British East India Tea Co" > > Worse! > > Even with plenty of corporate/institutional "science" to fight against honest > scientists around the world, Wall St. hedges its systems of death. Even if > their highly profitable GM technolgies are proven harmful in the future, it > will be illegal to stop them! Think about it. Why would they want that > guarantee for their profits????? > > > I wish Daniel Safer hadn't unsubscribed. He never posted, but he probably > could have explained the famous lesson about thalidomide, and skipping even > some of the important testing in the interest of corporate greed and > expediency. We could have had a good discussion of what I call, > institutionalized censorship, when various techniques are used to perpetuate > myths and partial truths under the cloak of the march of science. > > It's interesting that you mention marijuana. I worked for one of the most > famous university research institutions on matters of drugs and addictions. > For over 50 years, "science" guarded the falsehood that marijuana was a > dangerous "narcotic" and that it had absolutely no medical value. Even in > the last stages when the whole world knew we were full of shi..., science > came up with something called amotivational syndrome and a gateway drug, as a > hail mary. I wonder if people ask themselves, "how did the experts get the > science about marijuana so wrong for so long????" (I'll never forget the > combat veterans, terrified and threatened, about their use of marijuana to > treat their PTSD, instead of obediently taking powerful profitable drugs with > extreme side effects. It was horrible! I'll also never forget how > behavioral health therapists became welfare queens, like public school > teachers of today bsp; > > Institutionalized censorship is very difficult to counter! Corporations > control all aspects of research funding priorities behind the scenes, and > they can create powerful myths even within research institutions and > departments. I also believed many myths and partial truths, until I learned > many of the mechanisms, which steer the march of science away from the public > good toward profit. It's not unscientific to point out that institutions of > science have been powerfully corrupted by corporate profits and a > patriarchal, hierarchical, system of organization. > > It's not immediately obvious to see research funding as censorship or > institutionalized, but all you need to do is look at the research literature > on education reform and then talk to an experienced teacher. Data can prove > what ever one wants it to prove, once the progress of scientific method > becomes corrupted by funding streams. > > But I digress, it's a different important discussion... > > Glenn > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Richard Conrad > Sent: Mar 29, 2013 12:17 PM > To: Glenn moyer > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [UC] Monsanto protection act, link > > Similar to liberals' Jefferson, Washington, Adams.... et. al. keeping the > tobacco and marijuana industries unfettered in the old days. Monsanto is > looking like or worse than British East India Tea Co. > On Mar 29, 2013, at 7:35 AM, Glenn moyer wrote: > >> >> Well it's done. There is clear evidence in animal studies that consuming GM >> food causes cancer in them. This is what acceptance of backroom dealing >> brings us. It's also one of the big reasons that things like DOMA were >> passed in the first place. DOMA and manufactured bigotry issues are always >> designed to enthrall 24 hour corporate media, while the huge treacheries >> remain hidden. >> >> >> >> "But Obama ignored it, instead choosing to sign a bill that effectively bars >> federal courts from being able to halt the sale or planting of GMO or GE >> crops and seeds, no matter what health consequences from the consumption of >> these products may come to light in the future. >> >> "This provision is simply an industry ploy to continue to sell genetically >> engineered seeds even when a court of law has found they were approved by >> USDA illegally," the petition stated. "It is unnecessary and an >> unprecedented attack on U.S. judicial review. Congress should not be >> meddling with the judicial review process based solely on the special >> interest of a handful of companies" >> >> http://www.ibtimes.com/monsanto-protection-act-5-terrifying-things-know-about-hr-933-provision-1156079 >> ---- You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named >> "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see . > >
