Anonymous's response to my post on AIDS: "Aids is a scam. PERDIOD. [sic]"
Oh. Well. Thanks for enlightening me. Now I know that millions of people are dying of a scam.
I finally saw The Constant Gardener last night. I believe it's more factual than fictional, and it's a sad movie on many levels. We know Africa is being used as an experimental-meds lab, but what can be done about it? Pharma corporations turn around and sell their meds to the very Africans they've just endangered with their questionable testing. It's a horrific cycle.
Also, what can be done about the Lord's Resistance Army of Joseph Kony? Every few years the world is told "we're closing in on them", then the kidnapping and carnage continues unabated.
On a slightly sunnier note, I found Constant Gardener to be very much like one of my favourite movies, Notorious: The (fact-based) corporate misdeeds, the misunderstood "loose woman" who risks her life to expose them, and the beautiful love story at its core. A winner on all fronts.
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A scam??? How so? I'd really like to hear that theory in detail. A friend of mine has a class with a woman who has similar views.
Some people are just dumb - perdiod ;)
I swear, some people just like to be contrary. They'll latch on to any bizarre theory that bucks the mainstream opinion - like the folks who firmly believe the planet is run by lizards. (Seriously!)
Awesome. Run by lizards? Who knew?
I saw The Constant Gardener a little over a week ago -- loved it.
If it's any consolation, I'm also in the middle of the "well, what can I do about it?" quandry... Let me know if you come up with anything.
Nope, no ideas yet. Short of moving to Africa and kicking some ass, I don't think anything will work...
I saw The Constant Gardener at Christmas time and thought it was one of the best movies I'd seen in a while. I, too, agree that it's probably more factual than fictional. It's a sad reality that most pharmaceutical companies are criminals and not in the business for altruistic purposes. They're hard to boycott, though, so I'm not sure what can be done by us little guys, either.
AIDS a scam? Good God.
Laura - SOME people are dumb? You are being awfuly generous!
I think it's the fundementalization and bushization Anerica. "Damn the facts, it's only true if i want it to be true."
sme - haven't seen the movie yet, but my daughter loved it (but also was depressed for days afterward)
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