Re: Blaming the victim? was: Re: from jms: too damned much stuff


"Josh Hill" <usereplyto@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:h80ad1d7dkvjuvlg05ahjt7c9kqkskqk77@xxxxxxxxxx 

But conservatives, and the business interests that fund them, have
found it in their interest to convince the public that science is
corrupt, just as they've found it in their interest to discredit the
responsible press. They have absolutely no evidence that science is
"bought and paid for" -- except, of course, for their own studies --
but that hasn't stopped them yet; in that, they're the antithesis of
the scientific community that they find it convenient to discredit.

Naturally it's always the other guys who are evil and corrupt and we're always righteous and pure.


--
John Trauger,
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"Methane martini.
Shaken, not stirred."

"The very powerful and the very stupid have one thing in common.
Instead of altering their views to fit the facts, they alter the facts to
fit their views
.....which can be very uncomfortable if you happen to be one of the facts that
needs altering."
-The Doctor 


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