Re: Leukemia in Astronauts

[Franz Schoenhofer <schoenho@via.at>]

At 16:21 23.07.1998 -0500, you wrote:
>> Nobody
>> questions the car the other thousands/millions of leukemia victims did
>> drive, but to question the amount of sex somebody had in relation to the
>> leukemia incidence is simply unacceptable and disgusting.
>> 
>> All of you who made comments in this direction should be ashamed. Sandy, I
>> did not expect something like that from me. 
>
>Franz, you should read my follow-up before you jump to 
>conclusions. I was not making any correlation between everyday 
>facets of life to leukemia. I was making the assumption to do with 
>the fact that a man went up into space and contracted leukemia, is 
>just as foolish. Nothing more, nothing less.
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Sandy,

Nobody will read a follow-up. Everybody (mass media) will take your comment
on the sex-life of an astronaut as the first order message and nobody will
bother for a clarification. Therefore you should be careful. I understood
your message - but I am sure that most others did not.....

Franz


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