From: Damien Broderick (d.broderick@english.unimelb.edu.au)
Date: Sun Sep 12 1999 - 15:37:32 MDT
On Wednesday, September 08, 1999 4:57 PM
Greg Burch wrote
>> Can someone explain how the multibillion dollar biotech industry is being
>>so soundly trounced in the arena of public opinion?
At 08:43 PM 8/09/99 +0100, Douglas replied, thinking (I guess) that he was
being sarcastic:
[snip]
> Science is seen as the enemy
>in the form of evil Biotech Industries prepared to sacrifice public health
>in the pursuit of profit.
Quite. And?
Suppose Greg had asked: Can someone explain how the multibillion dollar
cigarette industry is being
so soundly trounced in the arena of public opinion? (Except among gullible
and biddable children.)
This is a Clue.
I wish it weren't.
Damien Broderick
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