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To: Bearcatbob who wrote (62510)	4/29/2008 8:12:52 PM
From: neolib	Respond to of 544315

Perhaps the worst thing in my mind with Wright is the Aids thing. That to me is simply wild pandering for effect to an audience who might actually believe it. That is absolutely shameless! It does not help that for a while anyway, there was conjecture that vaccine trials on Africans was the source of the the AIDS virus (IIRC polio vaccines in Congo?), as well as certain "medical" experiments performed (IIRC) on either black prisoners or black soldiers in the USA (giving them STDs??). When you look at history, you can kind of see how formerly oppressed minorities can at least point to evidence which supports outlandish ideas.

To: Bearcatbob who wrote (62510)	4/29/2008 8:27:18 PM
From: Cogito	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 544315

Bob - I guess we're seeing some evidence of that snippet/bias thing here. To me, people like Robertson and Falwell, who put their ministries on television, with the purpose of raising large sums of money and to advance their political agendas as if God elected them to, are loathsome. Saying that 9/11 was caused by gays and lesbians and the ACLU pissing God off is repugnant. Saying that Katrina was God's punishment for the rampant homosexuality in New Orleans is repugnant. Saying the Supreme Court is a greater threat to the US than Al Qaeda is repugnant. But to each his own outrage, I guess. - Allen