[A-List] How "scientific" is science?

["Sabri Oncu" <soncu@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Chris:

> But the propagation of the hiv-aids myth benefits the drug 
> companies who now have a market for their old anti-cancer 
> fatally toxic drugs and effectively masks the fact that
> western economic policies are decimating the peoples of the 
> third world and in particular Africa. 

Dear Chris,

I do not debate that drug companies do whatever they can to profit from
whatever disease there is and attempt to mislead (lie to) the public in
their search for profits, with success for most of the time I must add. 

Many of the crimes many "global" drug companies commit are well documented
and even the "ordinary" folks can watch their crimes in such popular movies
as the recent "The Constant Gardener". Further, although I agree with Dale
that science is mythical of some sort, as I have always claimed to the same
effect after my "awakening" quite a while ago, I also agree with what Tony
implied in his response, at least, as I interpreted it: if you tell lies,
sooner or later you get caught, whether these lies are "scientific" or
otherwise.

I find it a bit difficult for the drug companies to sustain such a lie for
so long. Being a not so young person, I remember the first time I heard
about AIDS/HIV. It was more than 20 years ago and I doubt that even
Galileo's discovery could have been kept secret for that long, especially if
Galileo had the same channels of communication we now have today. 

This is all want to say and I invite others to comment on this.

Best,

Sabri