http://www.scienceguardian.com/blog/five-star-time-out-review-for-serious-adverse-events.htm Heresy! Reviewing revooutionary ideas in science, medicine, technology, and society in the light of the literature Thu, 31 Jan 2013 19:41:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 http://www.scienceguardian.com/blog/five-star-time-out-review-for-serious-adverse-events.htm/comment-page-1#comment-2920 HankBarnes Thu, 03 Aug 2006 20:25:36 +0000 http://paradigmoverthrow.com/blog/?p=314#comment-2920 I just bought Celia’s book from Amazon — it’s a great read. I didn’t know that Celia — the intrepid independent journalist — had spent so much time overseas and at these tedious AIDS conventions. Good for Shindelman — and, hopefully, she’ll follow in Farber’s large footsteps.Barnes, Hank

]]> http://www.scienceguardian.com/blog/five-star-time-out-review-for-serious-adverse-events.htm/comment-page-1#comment-2919 truthseeker Thu, 03 Aug 2006 18:41:11 +0000 http://paradigmoverthrow.com/blog/?p=314#comment-2919 Five stars to Claus, Shindelman should see such an appreciation. Spot on.

]]> http://www.scienceguardian.com/blog/five-star-time-out-review-for-serious-adverse-events.htm/comment-page-1#comment-2918 Claus Thu, 03 Aug 2006 12:26:16 +0000 http://paradigmoverthrow.com/blog/?p=314#comment-2918 Either she knows more about this than she lets on or Ms. Shindelman has very keen journalistic intuition and/or courage compared to the likes of Ms. Kolhatkar. The article of course leaves something to be desired, but still, as TS points out, considering the forum, she accomplishes far more than most of her peers.With unusually keen insight and economy of writing Ms. Shindelman establishes that HIV defenders have made this a two-pronged moral issue: Questioning the HIV/AIDS model places the blame on the victims’ own behaviour, while at the same time encouraging them to behave irresponsibly. With no further comment, Ms. Shindelman leaves the inherent contradiction for any attentive reader to discover.Instead she moves on to an example of the extreme form the moral criticism takes. Again she merely lets Gallo speak for himself through his choice of analogy. Then, brilliantly, she drives a stake through the rhethoric invoking faith and hateful political agendas by one single carefully chosen word: ‘information’.Farber is not preaching any sinister faith or political agenda, neither is Duesberg or Mullis – they haven’t even been caught DUI and blaming the Jews for the war. It is not so much their personal belief systems that are deemed dangerous to the establishment as the information they make available. Ms. Shindelman has captured the two PR aspects of the HIV/AIDS issue, faith and morality, in a suggestive manner, but still without telling the reader what to think and believe. At precisely the right point she introduces the question of censorship in a way eminently appropriate for an entertainment guide. In effect she is suggesting that every child can watch gratuitous sex and violence everywhere, but here is information that even adults need to be shielded from by their institutionally appointed guardians. The natural curiosity invoked by this prohibition is not voyeuristic; it is the all American urge for freedom of thought and speech and self-determination. If for no other reason, this is why you should read the book, see the movie, feed your head. Five stars to Ms. Shindelman!

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