I realize it's becoming taboo to question anything about our current gov, but I am not comfortable with a lot of things that are going on. And I can't believe people are telling you that you don't know what you are talking about when they have obviously not looked into it, otherwise they would be in agreement.
There is an interesting and all too true quote in the beginning of this book by a J.H. Tilden M.D.:
"It is exceedingly difficult to secure an honest hearing for any criticism of authority. Established beliefs are well nigh invulnerable because they are accorded infallibility by the masses who are educated to believe that they will be damned for thinking, and because of this, few will tolerate opposition of any nature to anything they have been educated to believe. People who have their thinking done for them are always intolerant."
My husband has been a research scientist for some time, as was my father. Both are/were familiar with the ego trips, the status-quo thinking, the back stabbing and the stealing of ideas. So much progress has been stunted in my opinion because of the ego problems among many research scientists. Fortunatly, the really bright ones who get things done tend not have the greatest people skills, so they don't play into these games and actually discover things and get things done. Both my father and husband fall under this category I am proud to say.
"It is exceedingly difficult to secure an honest hearing for any criticism of authority. Established beliefs are well nigh invulnerable because they are accorded infallibility by the masses who are educated to believe that they will be damned for thinking, and because of this, few will tolerate opposition of any nature to anything they have been educated to believe. People who have their thinking done for them are always intolerant."
How true those words ring, especially here on this thread. I feel like I'm arguing with gun-grabbers and pro-"choice" loony tunes...
Smallpox
By Dr. Vivian Virginia Vetrano
vvvetrano@rionet.cc
11-2-2