AIDS & Conspiracy Stuff??

[RICHARD ROMEO]

Peter, you wrote:  1) The Duesberg book is used as "evidence" by those 
who would want to cut
AIDS research (thus negating your last sentence)
2) The people in charge of deciding funding for AIDS research are often
politicians
3) Therefore as voters we should be responsible enough to know something 
about
the issues so we can be informed when we vote - If the Duesbeg book is 
bad
science as has been suggested by others on this list then perhaps it 
should be
attacked with vehemence
What do you think
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Can we really be informed about complex scientific goings-on.  We always 
need a translator, n'est pas?  We can get a sense of things but how do we 
make judgements from such a position of ignorance.  Your points 1 and 2 
are political in nature--we can make informed judgements of AIDS and 
funding issues, putting pressure on politicians and so on.  But as for 
#3, I don't know.  Can we be so informed and feel comfortable with our 
arguments? ( Who do we believe?  Everyone has part of the answer for a 
cure.  Sad that people die while egos skirmish.  God, wasn't _And the 
Band Played On_ depressing as hell) I feel as if someone wrote my 
homework for me and I have to give a report on it in front of the class. 
Not just science mind you, everything's so specialized today...you need a 
BA just to take a piss! 
humbly

Richard Romeo
Coordinator of Cooperating Collections
The Foundation Center-NYC
212-807-2417
rromeo at fdncenter.org