The above article is a perfect example of both sides can read the
same piece and see something completely different. If you read the
article, which is a little brief, you'll see how it outlines an
outbreak of Salmonella and a variant on Hepatitis. Then if you read
down you will see how the people are firmly divided into two camps.
One side uses this as an example of how we need the Gov to look after
us and the other is preaching about how these outbreaks are all part
of some grand conspiracy to scare us.
(As an aside here, let me state emphatically that we need
organizations like the EPA and the FDA to keep people in line. The
idea that so many people have that Big Pharma, Big Agri and well Big
Business too can be trusted to police themselves and ensure the
safety of the People is more than ludicrous. History shows again and
again (How nature points out the folly of man, Go Go Godzilla...erm
sorry about that.) that we are a sneaky and untrustworthy lot who
will cut any corners and do anything we have to do to make a profit
even if it means harming other people. Don't agree, then prove me
wrong, but first look up places like Love Canal.)
Let's tackle Number One first. Even when the Government was
“working” and agencies like the FDA and EPA...EIEIO were running
at full strength, there were outbreaks of Salmonella and other
diseases so two single instances, no matter how bad they were, are
not a clear cut example that the country is going to pot because of
the shutdown. Don't get me wrong, it is going to pot, but two
instances do not show a trend. Indicates yes, but doesn't prove. If
for no other reason, the shutdown is less than two weeks old and
these faulty products may have been produced and shipped before the
shutdown occurred. Matter of fact, at least with the drug it almost
certain. If more cases occur before the Fed is restarted (Pray to
God there are no more cases, than arguments can be made.
So let's move to the other side of the conversation. That this news
is part of some grand conspiracy to scare the people into demanding
that the Gov be restarted immediately (Which we should all be
demanding IMNSHO, but that is just me.). This assumption works off
of two possible scenarios. Scenario #1 is that there no actually
outbreaks and the “Evil Forces” are making it all up to scare
people and Scenario B is that the news of the Outbreaks has been
conveniently timed to also scare the crap out of us.
Now #1 is about as stupid as all of the people who crow that things
like Sandy Hook was all some sort of secret government plot and that
no one actually died. The assumption is that some grand far reaching
power is deliberately misleading the American People by faking deaths
and distorting information. They blissfully ignore just how many
people would have to be involved, including the victims for such a
scheme to work. In the Salmonella cases, you would need the victims,
plus have the doctors, nurses and other assorted personnel involved
in on the scheme. Then, you would have to ensure that none of these
potentially thousands of people ever slipped up or deliberately
spilled the beans. Sorry folks but people just aren't that
dependable.
Now Letter B is a little more believable and a lot more easy to
achieve. You take the basic facts (People ate meat/took drug/got
sick) then move the when and wheres around to make your story/premise
plausible. Heck one Nerd in one cubicle could probably get it done.
It is not something that I would put past any government official.
The only problem I actually have with this idea is somebody would be
bound to find out. In this era of Wikileaks and Snowdens, the idea
that evidence can be safely hidden away or wiped out completely seems
a little overly optimistic.
Like I said, I wasn't necessarily condemning either side (Well okay
maybe #1 just a little), I was just using the article and the
discussions it prompted as an example of how different people can
read the same thing and come away with totally different ideas. Not
sure what that says about the Human animal, but it is kind of
amusing. Now excuse me while I slip back into my tinfoil hat before
the aliens eat my brains.
End of Rant
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