You may not like the messenger but you still should read the message. Dismissing it on your perceived orientation of the author is akin to antz dismissing all pro-vaping studies as machinations of evil BT.
The sad truth is, it really is all about the money. The more research I do, the more I read it's all about lost revenue. It's incredible to me that the news agencies aren't talking about this more, they love scandal.
...............I would think the fine, smart people at the ALA could connect some dots......................
You may not like the messenger but you still should read the message. Dismissing it on your perceived orientation of the author is akin to antz dismissing all pro-vaping studies as machinations of evil BT.
One time just for clarification.... I obviously read the message/post to reply. If I suggest that you read a book are you under the obligation to read it and if you refuse, you're an ANTZ??
It depends on the grounds I refuse. There's a difference between "I don't have the time/ inclination" and "The author must be a BT shill and thus the book entirely worthless".
An excellent list.
Yet for understanding and combating Antz I would recommend Sun Tzu, Machiavelli and Orwell.
The Inquisition would also be a good thing to study, regarding the ANTZ and their aims at suppression, but I'm not sure how much the Catholic church has available about that.
Andria
An excellent list.
Yet for understanding and combating Antz I would recommend Sun Tzu, Machiavelli and Orwell.
Read all those. First two a few times.
Going back on pause...
You're giving up too soon. We're just starting. Trotsky has a good point. What is the end? Or, as Antz like to call it, the "end-game"? They like to talk about an idyllic world where no one smokes. But from our previous experience with prohibition and "war on {other stuff}", it would be Al Capone and {other stuff} kingpins. Is this an end worth fighting for? Is this what "public health" is about?
Oh well. I was serving the ball for a discussion about Antz "end game" not Trotsky, and I would have liked you to kick it some. Cause most of the discussions here are about antz methods, with few people questioning their declared objective. Somehow it looks like we all accepted it as viable and "good".
I'd personally be delighted if every one of them dropped dead and went straight to hell... but that seems unlikely. At least the dropping dead part; I'm quite sure hell awaits all of them.
Andria
You're too kind. How about unemployed and selling their house to cover some medical treatment that their insurer declined (especially on some stupid reason like "undeclared pre existing condition of high cholesterol" on a reading of 101% of the arbitrary "high threshold"). Then I would love to hear their opinion on the meaning of "public health".