justjustin (imported) wrote: Wed Nov 09, 2011 1:32 pm
It sounds like the sort of thing that could be made up. - That anyone doing anything so horrible should get cancer, so maybe they made it up.
On one hand yes, on the other hand no... now I am not sure. While this research seems to really just fit too nicely into the Moron Majority agenda, I do recall reading an article many years ago, about how most viruses that have plagued the human race had originally been in other animals. Syphillis for example, had infected sheep (harmless to that animal) and some time about 1,000 or more years ago jumped to the human race - the original strain of syphillis was extremely rapid and caused death in six months or less, viruses change over time.
So, I do for the time being, believe that this is not a made up story, and that the research is probably sound, but given the conclusions, I can see how it does sound like it was "made to order." I would be interested to know just who funded this research - after all, research papers can be "bought." Experts can be wrong, I clearly remember back in the early 80's, the U.S. Surgeon General publicly stated that "cocaine was NOT addictive," and any "addicition" was not physiological, only psychological.... ok, well it sure fucks up a lot of people's lives, addictive or not. I also remember some "scientific research" from Japan that "proved" caucasian and asian races had larger brains than African races. "Experts" claimed that the MMR vaccine caused autism, and of course, when R.J. Reynolds paid for the research, they clearly proved that smoking was not at all bad for you or addictive... Scientific research can definitely be "bought," so whenever the conclusions point to something that seems to reinforce someone's agenda, I am pretty wary of it. All that said, given what little I do know about viruses, I do for the time being, accept that this research is probably factual and unbiased, but I will certainly look around and see if there is any other point of view on this matter.
