ProtegeManiac
Headphoneus Supremus
I understand everyones point of view but I must say I'm a little ticked off by the members who are basically trying to tell me to keep my mouth shut and my opinions to myself. Instead of saying "bury this thread" why not just stop reading it. What bothers you so much about free speech and opinions or concerns that aren't the same as yours? The theory "...don't you think Focal would be shut down if they were doing something wrong..." is simply being naive.
If it was about free speech we'd have a gag order on you and Jenny McCarthy. But no. The argument here is that if it is indeed toxic then just produce actual scientific data to prove that, not atuomatically equating radioactive substance automatically to radiation poisoning, which is like saying that whatever you typed that on is toxic and you shouldn't have typed on it, or putting two graphs side by side - autism diagnoses and vaccination rates - and declaring causation.
Again if Beryllium was THAT much of a risk for radiation poisoning government would have cracked down on Focal for even ordering the stuff, but they didn't same way the EPA is more concerned about people improperly dumping batteries than that there are batteries in your pocket for half the day in a device emitting wireless signals that might interfere with brainwaves (for which we have only hypotheses and no solid data yet).
Getting back to the topic I think the OP only got really defensive after being continually attacked for even asking the question. There is a bizarre undercurrent to this thread with a chorus of voices saying "this shouldn't be talked about, why are we talking about this, please stop talking about it", which is doubly bizarre when the topic itself which concerns a known hazardous material.
If you don't have anything to add to the thread, saying "There is nothing to talk about" as a reply also adds nothing, is needlessly hostile towards the OP, and adds absolutely nothing to the conversation.
If you feel the topic has "run it's course", or that the discussion has become annoyingly circular to you, may I humbly suggest that you simply stop opening the topic and getting yourself angry. No one is forcing you to read this topic, no one is forcing you to contribute. Most of all, bumping the thread to the top of the heap with a reply along the lines of "there is nothing more to talk about", which incidentally makes the topic highly visible and essentially refreshes it's lifespan, is the exact opposite of a reasonable thing to do.
No one is forced to listen to Jenny McCarthy either but lo and behold, some people whose immune systems won't survive vaccines yet got exposed to measles in Disneyland.
We're not forced to step out of the house and listen to specific people on Sundays either but lo and behold, I can get blown up outside of a certain type of clinic by the people who claim I should leave them alone for not forcing me to listen to their people on Sundays.
So, yeah, let's just shut up about it so we can shut up permanently about everything else when we blow up outside of a Texas clinic or some kid doesn't even get told to shut up because before his body was ready for a vaccine somebody gave him measles at Space Mountain.
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