No, no, this was a reply to Issohodos, it wasnt sent to you.
The other part of the letter is opinion of my friend , it was sent in order
to have one more scientifical opinion- he is doing PhD on AIDS, and besides
that he is very anti authoritarian in his approch, an anarchist, with strong
dislike towards academic establishment.
 Tell me , I am interested, what horrific experiences  you have had with
"corporate medicine"  and govermental misdoings in this field? Could it be
said coram publico?
Solid,
                  Andrej



----- Original Message -----
From: Shyamal Gupta <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, December 16, 1999 10:46 AM
Subject: Re: [CHOMSKY] Infectious Disease and AIDS in Africa


> At 19:54 12/04/1999 , you wrote:
>  >Yes , you are right up to the point.
>  >But , please, there is no hatered towards "America", as some fictive
>  >entitity, I am making a rather big difference between Goverments ( and a
>  >notion of Power) and militarism as something that is imanent to State as
>  >such, and ordinary people.
>
> Sorry for the late response -- was away for a while.
>
> Thanks for this important distinction. Counter-hatred makes no sense.
>
> Anger does, however (to me at least). But I couldn't figure out how I
> communicated hatred towards people in my post. Anger, yes, but I don't see
> myself holding hatred.
>
> Your point is well taken.
>
> My post was principally a rejoinder to the kind of argument that was being
> propagated by some on the list -- the (implicit) argument that the US
> government is unjustly being used as a favourite whipping boy to cover up
> for the ills and failures of others.
>
>
> Re : your friends comments, I must also say that having realised how easy
> it is to be mistaken in scientific research (with closed-ness of the
mind),
> and, indeed, how easy it is to point towards incorrect conclusions in
> empirical work, I'd still like to stick by my understanding of the origins
> of the AIDS virus.
>
> Once again, I'm not propagating hate -- it's just that I gave up empirical
> and "scientific" work about 15 years ago in disgust, and that I do *know*
> many similar horrifics done by governments and corporations, but I'm still
> damned if I'll create "empirical" evidence to "prove" it. Sadly, I can.
>
> Cheers.
>
>
> Shyamal Gupta
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