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Politics : The Environmentalist Thread -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: average joe who wrote (7490)10/2/2006 6:13:25 PM
From: maceng2  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 36917
 
certain special interest groups

Philip Morris can be described as a "special interest group".

The Royal Academy is best described as a "mainstream science" group. i.e. not "special interest" group.



To: average joe who wrote (7490)10/2/2006 9:35:03 PM
From: S. maltophilia  Respond to of 36917
 
<<designed to meet a certain humanoid comfort level >>
Of course not. But as a humanoid, and related to some other humanoids I care about, I find it in my interest to maintain that comfort level to the greatest extent possible.