Hi Russ. Good post.

I don’t think the mercury is polluting our world because people do it on purpose, because there are evil people hell bent on death and destruction. Or maybe I should say I HOPE its not. With all my heart I hope its not.

I believe that it simply a symptom of the way our western world works. Everything is driven by money. Everything. All the time. Money shapes our world, our lives, our thoughts, our everything. And that’s what causes so many of todays problems. People turning a blind eye….not because they are evil, but because money is more important. Its here and now…..everyone wants more money…that desire for more is uncontrollable….from the poorest of the poor…to the richest of the rich. I’m not talking about us mercury toxic people…because all we want is our health back…I’m talking about normal everyday people, i.e. the vast majority of people.

Just one small example in a sea of troubles: Pharmaceutical companies want to earn money for their share holders. That is the ultimate goal of big companies…to make money……not to heal people. They make money by persuading people/doctors that their drugs are the solution to their problems. Because the desire for money has become SO important the owners have focused on the money…more sales….more profits…..and nothing else. Unfortunately curing people does not always lead to more money, but less. If the best way to make more money is to actually make the doctors think this is the only solution…proscribing drugs….then so be it….these companies pay for the education of doctors, so it’s no wonder that’s what doctors do, just proscribe drugs….thats all the comapnies are doing…trying to earn a living. In so doing they are killing and ruining life.

Because the companies are so big now, there are few people in control and those people that are in control have an overriding inclination to do what they do best……which is making money. That’s all they know about….how to make money.

I struggle to believe there are SO many evil people in the world. I refuse to believe that….but I do think that we have been sidetracked. We are lost. We have lost our way as a society. Our attention has been diverted on to money and all else fades into the background.

I am not saying all these horrid problems are right, far from it, its completely wrong and change is needed, but the evil you talk about….people on purpose hurting others…I don’t think that’s correct. We, as a people, have been distracted/blinded by something seemingly far more important……money.

Whether you feel the way I do, that it is a symptom of money lust, or like Russ thinks….. that’s it all a big conspiracy …..whatever………the end result is the same, i.e. the troubled world we live in. I just can’t believe so much evil could go unnoticed for so long. This is not a james bond movie, this is real life. And in real life generally people are not evil, but they are lazy and stupid and all too often focus too much on the money.

Denial is so much easier that acquiring knowledge. To learn something new you have to think/read/study/discuss things in detail. To deign something all you need to do is deign.

The good news is that change is happening. Maybe not as fast as some would like. But the information-age is here. Information is flowing fast around the world, in milliseconds you can learn anything you want, if you have the inclination too. Google it. I know that because I have learned so much this last year. If I can learn, others can too. Just the fact that we are here now discussing all these mega problems means information is following and sooner or later change will have to happen. One day a tipping point will happen, for each mega problem. is the mercury tipping point coming soon? after the latest news in court about autism? maybe? hopefully? at some point our society will learn and will change.

I do think it will continue getting worse before it gets better…ho hum.....<img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/looney.gif" alt="" />

Get well soon Russ, i hope the big move goes according to plan.

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