Reply #16: Are you kidding?

[trotsky]

You, philb, etc. all post as if your information is known fact. Why, philb even claimed that lupus and MS can be cured, which is unknown to the formal societies and support organizations created for those illnesses.

This is not my assumption, this is simply reading your posts.

As far as what I'm skeptical of - how do you know? I assess every claim I hear. However, it is unwarranted to give the same credence to some rantings on a website as one would to a double-blind study - even if the study was commissioned by the organization whose product is being studied.

Let's think about a couple of the claims that have been made in this forum.

1) "Aspartame causes cancer, nerve damage, whatever." OK, so supposedly Rumsfeld and whoever else pushed this through KNOWING it caused cancer, but did so anyway because it was going to make them a lot of money. Let's assume that Rumsfeld & co. have families that they care about. Wouldn't they go and tell their families, "Hey, we got this stuff approved, but DON'T use it, because it will kill you."? And all their extended families would be able to KEEP that secret, pass it along, and keep it from the public? Does that make any sense whatsoever? How hard is it for TWO people to keep a secret, let alone hundreds?

2) "Amalgam fillings cause every malady known to humankind." Alrighty, you've got a national organization of dentists not only saying it's not, but also filling their cavities and their families' cavities with a substance they supposedly "know" is harmful. Why? Why would they do this?

Oh and please make me up a badge so you can identify us and dismiss our concerns. Maybe it can say something like, "WARNING: Critical Thinker".