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> "Liar" is a word that should be reserved for people who consciously
> or semiconsciously say something they know not to be true. Chris
> isn't doing that. He's making an argument that you, I, and almost all
> scientists believe to be false, but I think he really believes what
> he's saying.
I've met the people, and some of them are friends, who have done the x-ray crystal structure of HIV. Anybody who claims it has not been isolated is either willfully deluded or a liar -- you choose which explanation you prefer.
I have spent the last two 1/2 years educating myself and being actively involved in the fight to cure my partner of lymphoma. In this time, I've run into quite a few quacks that spew perverted and uninformed crap about cancer like Chris Niles does about AIDS. I am thoroughly and completely out of patience with this kind of anti-intellectual, willful and dangerous ignorance. I have about as much patience with it as I do with any other kind of religion -- NONE.
The vitamin C thing, in particular, really chaps my ass, because in the case of lymphoma, it actually INCREASES tumor load. The shit just loves to eat vitamin C (that old harmless 'natural' substance).
Yes, I have very personal and strong feelings about quackery, and for the sake of the list, I will have nothing more to say about it. Let the asshole spew is dangerous ignorance, I'll be quiet and ignore.
My apologies,
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Joseph Noonan Houston, TX jfn1 at msc.com