Re: Tooth Fairy Project -Reply

["Robert D. H. Aft" <AllianceScaff@snet.net>]

JOHN L. MCCARTHY wrote:
> 
> Franz, I must agree.
> 
> Like Shakespear's poet/lunatic/lover, our adversaries see more monsters than
> hell could ever produce.  They seem to be claiming more somatic and teratogenic
> effects than were observed from Hiroshima and Nagasaki.  I haven't been to Long
> Island since the early 80's.  However, I don't recall seeing a blast crater
> near Brookhaven even back then.  Is there one now?
> 
> And let's talk about the bad old days when Sternglass, Carlson et al saved the
> world from it's wicked, wicked ways.  Like many of "Boomers" of the 50's and
> 60's I was exposed to a host of agents suspected of or actually linked to
> debilitating disease (e.g., in-utero X-rays, fallout radiation, asbestos,
> silica dust, leaded gasoline vapors, lead paint, second hand tobacco smoke,
> DDT, PCBs, agent orange, etc.).  Remember the stir about fluorinated drinking
> water?
> 
> Yet, we are living longer, healthier lives.  More children are surviving to
> reach adulthood than at any other time in history.  Just look at the Social
> Security and Medical Care debates in the United States. Or, carefully examine
> the death certificates of ancestors while searching the family tree (i.e., look
> at how many of your ancestors died young, especially the children). So what
> gives?
> 
> As for Mr. Baldwin... I will not attack him personally. He is just a recognized
> personality who, as an actor is using (or is being used) his ability and image
> to effectively induce a strong, emotional response.  It's done all the time.  I
> just consider his endorsement of the Tooth Fairy Project a misguided
> promotional scheme equivalent to the late John Wayne touting tobacco products.
> 
> I guess I must accept the fact that longevity means I have to tolerate those
> Luddites who remain with us.
> 
> Ecce, stultus hic et undeque est.
> Jack McCarthy
> internet:mccarjl@gwsmtp.nu.com
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Outstanding Perspective John!

Robert D.H. Aft
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