Reply #42: So, you admit your statement about European countries was a lie.

[trotsky]

Or at least just talking outta your ass, yes?

One pattern that keeps coming back in discussions with "traditional" medicine haters - why can't there be some kind of middle ground? Why is it either that someone has to believe that mercury fillings are causing every disease, vaccines are solely responsible for autism and every other childhood malady, every hospital is staffed only by people who simply accept what pharmaceuticals push on them, every gov't agency is full of industry toadies, OR that the government and industry can always be trusted 100%, all the time?

It's not an either-or situation. I readily admit pharmaceuticals are big and powerful and get the rules bent so they can make more profits. But I also will admit that they make valid products that have been wonderful at dealing with some of the health problems we face. The government and its oversight agencies have fucked up. But they've also kept many harmful products from making it on to the market, too. It's not an all-or-nothing deal with me, understand?

(By the way, "air with mercury" isn't quite significant unless you're living in the vicinity of a coal-burning power plant. I doubt Shrub, his daughters, or ANYONE in his family does.)