> I have no difficulty sitting by quietly during
> discussions of the metaphysics of whiteness, precisely
> because it is so clear that such discourse has no
> impact on the real world politics of the anti-racist
> struggle.
yes, leo, and the UFT is doing so much with all of its deep insights on race to advance the "anti-racist" struggle. what a joke.
But this shit just makes me crazy, I have to
> admit, because there are people who listen to this
> anti-science obscurantism
how is it that serious scientist, no matter their politics, who don't buy into the standard AIDS theory have become standard bearers of anti-science obscurantism?
and conspiracy theory
> explanations of HIV and AIDS,
who said anything about a conspiracy theory? you'll have to tell me which one you are referring to 'cuz i ain't got no AIDS conspiracy theory.
and do real harm to
> themselves,
all 11 people that i know who has taken themselves off of the drugs or been encouraged to do so has gotten better and stayed better. no that's not scientific evidence of anything but it sure is powerful anecdotal evidence that should be examined.
eschewing medical regimens which could, at
> the very least, prolong their life and dramatically
> improve the quality of their life.
triple protease is not so much of a help as much as it is much less toxic, therefore much less deadly...
And if that wasn't
> bad enough, we now have Mbeki bringing the entire ANC
> government in South Africa into serious disrepute with
> this pseudo-progressive mindlessness.
could it possibly be that a smart, serious cat like mbeki actually found compelling enough evidence to do what he did? or is mbeki just less vulnerable to foolishness than you are?
It's time to
> bring Bebel's apt phrase back, and talk about "the
> socialism of fools."
what? a fool is somebody who makes hasty remarks such as you have in this missive.
>
> It is entirely right for people with HIV/AIDS and
> HIV/AIDS activists to refuse to be passive,
> non-decision making bystanders in their individual
> medical care and in the general medical fight against
> the disease, to demand that they be active partners in
> this process.
well, yes, except i'm of the opinion that they are fighting a non-existant enemy. people are dying horrible deaths, no doubt. but not, imo, for the reason that most HIV activist think they are. if you wanna fight with me based on the facts, ok. but its a little dishonest to imply that i do not support their right to act aggresivly in search of the truth.
There is a world of difference between
> that posture, one of empowerment, and rejecting
> medical science and knowledge, head and body, one of
> choosing ignorance, in the struggle against this
> disease.
who said anything about rejecting medical science? i did say something about being highly sceptical of what passes for medical science and not trusting doctors. science is cool. science that serves corporate interest and, more generally, the status quo, is bullshit. AIDS science, in my opinion, is the latter.
There is an overwhelming consensus within the
> professional medical community that HIV is the
> causative agent of AIDS,
yeah, and so what? when did you start putting faith in the overwhelming consensus of professionals on any matter? that is not a very healthy intellectual habit.
and that it must be
> controlled -- and hopefully, one day, eliminated --
> for the disease to be stopped. To deny this is to
> promote a deadly ignorance.
>
ii'm not denying that anybody is dying, only that AIDS is diverting folk from more productive avenues of inquiries about those deaths.
chris niles
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> Power concedes nothing without a demand.
> It never has, and it never will.
> If there is no struggle, there is no progress.
> Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet deprecate
> agitation are men who want crops without plowing the
> ground. They want rain without thunder and lightning.
> They want the ocean without the awful roar of its
> waters.
> -- Frederick Douglass --
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