FUCK YOU, YOU TREE HUGGER!!!!!
OK, I feel better now. I needed to get that out of my system because of a smewhat heated discussion that I had earlier with my friend. She is of the school of thought that all immunizations are bad and the government is lying to us. I am of the school of thought that I really dont give a shit so stop preaching to me because I couldnt care less. But, like anyone else with an agenda, anything you say besides "I completely agree with you" results in her continuing to talk about the evil evil pharmecutical companies and their plot for world domination.
This discussion started a couple of months ago. She works in her father's chiropractic office and there was something posted on the wall that she felt I just had to read. It was a memo or email or some other bullshit about how it isnt illegal if you choose not to immunize your children and the school system shouldnt be forcing parents to take their kids in for "unneccasary shots". Again, I dont care. I dont have kids so this doesnt apply to me. AND I got all my shots as a kid and I am perfectly healthy so Im probably not the one that you want to present this arugment to.
I was listening to the radio the other day and I heard a doctor say that, according to a study done by the CDC, Tetnus and Measles are at the highest rate that they have been in the last 15 years because people are not getting their kids vaccinated. I chuckled and just thought about how her head would probably explode if she heard this.
So today I was in the office and we were making small talk. And that's when I screwed up because I told her that I was thinking about her the other day, and then I told her about what I heard on the radio. And as I predicted, she just lost her shit. And she told me how the government was lying to us and how the CDC was run by the drug companies and how it was all this big conspiracy and she couldnt believe how I could buy into something like this.
OK now she is starting to annoy the shit out of me. First off, I believe that holistic medicine does have some benefit. Im having this discussion at a chiropractors office, for chrissake. So obviously I believe that drugs and modern medicine arent needed for everything. I know the theraputic benefits of massage and other methods of treating the body. But if I get some weird infections, I want antibiotics not herbs. Sage and Rosemary have never sent Cancer into remission. Chemo has.
If I break my leg, I want a doctor to put a cast on it. I dont need a Shaman to rub crystals over the break. My mom went to an herbalist for years. Guess what...... SHE STILL HAD A FUCKING STROKE LAST MONTH!!!!! Did we take her back to the herbalist? FUCK NO, WE TOOK HER TO A HOSPITAL.
And can you please explain to me how the phamecutical companies run the CDC? I find this hard to believe simply because I have worked sales and I know how much pressure most companies put on getting their product on the shelf, while keeping their competitors product off the shelf. I worked for pepsi, and our bosses became utter fucking douchebags if there was even one more bottle of coke on a store's shelves more than Pepsi. So explain to me how a government funded organization like the CDC can be run by EVERY multi-billion dollar pharmecutical company in the country with competing drugs? That would be utter chaos and nothing would ever get done. Have you ever tried to get 5 friends to agree on which resturant to go to for dinner? Its fucking impossible. Now imagine how hard it would be if each friend could possibly lose a billion dollars if their resturant wasnt picked.
Modern Medicine has extended the average life span from our early 30's to our mid to late 80's. Because of the pharmacutical companies, cancer and AIDS are no longer death sentences. And if you dont believe me, then I can arrange for you to talk to my girlfriend's mom, who is a 13 year breast cancer survivor. Guess what? Thats a win for the pharmecutical compains. So I dont really see how Im supposed to ignore all of that and believe vitamins, minerals and herbs are going to cure anything and everything that ails me.
And if the clencher for your argument is that you researched this yourself, for a class you took in school, and you can provide me with websites that I can go to and read it for myself, Remember a few years ago when Tom Cruise said that he had researched the history of Psychatry. Rememeber how great it was when Maverick tried to convince us that, after reading a few books, he knew as much about mental health as someone who spent years and years studying it? It doesnt sound any less rediculous when its not coming from Tom Cruise.
So please, Im not saying that I agree or disagree. I think we have fully covered the fact that I dont care. But when you dont stop arguing, then I am forced to slam your head through the holes in your argument. Now leave me the fuck alone.
OK, I feel better now. I needed to get that out of my system because of a smewhat heated discussion that I had earlier with my friend. She is of the school of thought that all immunizations are bad and the government is lying to us. I am of the school of thought that I really dont give a shit so stop preaching to me because I couldnt care less. But, like anyone else with an agenda, anything you say besides "I completely agree with you" results in her continuing to talk about the evil evil pharmecutical companies and their plot for world domination.
This discussion started a couple of months ago. She works in her father's chiropractic office and there was something posted on the wall that she felt I just had to read. It was a memo or email or some other bullshit about how it isnt illegal if you choose not to immunize your children and the school system shouldnt be forcing parents to take their kids in for "unneccasary shots". Again, I dont care. I dont have kids so this doesnt apply to me. AND I got all my shots as a kid and I am perfectly healthy so Im probably not the one that you want to present this arugment to.
I was listening to the radio the other day and I heard a doctor say that, according to a study done by the CDC, Tetnus and Measles are at the highest rate that they have been in the last 15 years because people are not getting their kids vaccinated. I chuckled and just thought about how her head would probably explode if she heard this.
So today I was in the office and we were making small talk. And that's when I screwed up because I told her that I was thinking about her the other day, and then I told her about what I heard on the radio. And as I predicted, she just lost her shit. And she told me how the government was lying to us and how the CDC was run by the drug companies and how it was all this big conspiracy and she couldnt believe how I could buy into something like this.
OK now she is starting to annoy the shit out of me. First off, I believe that holistic medicine does have some benefit. Im having this discussion at a chiropractors office, for chrissake. So obviously I believe that drugs and modern medicine arent needed for everything. I know the theraputic benefits of massage and other methods of treating the body. But if I get some weird infections, I want antibiotics not herbs. Sage and Rosemary have never sent Cancer into remission. Chemo has.
If I break my leg, I want a doctor to put a cast on it. I dont need a Shaman to rub crystals over the break. My mom went to an herbalist for years. Guess what...... SHE STILL HAD A FUCKING STROKE LAST MONTH!!!!! Did we take her back to the herbalist? FUCK NO, WE TOOK HER TO A HOSPITAL.
And can you please explain to me how the phamecutical companies run the CDC? I find this hard to believe simply because I have worked sales and I know how much pressure most companies put on getting their product on the shelf, while keeping their competitors product off the shelf. I worked for pepsi, and our bosses became utter fucking douchebags if there was even one more bottle of coke on a store's shelves more than Pepsi. So explain to me how a government funded organization like the CDC can be run by EVERY multi-billion dollar pharmecutical company in the country with competing drugs? That would be utter chaos and nothing would ever get done. Have you ever tried to get 5 friends to agree on which resturant to go to for dinner? Its fucking impossible. Now imagine how hard it would be if each friend could possibly lose a billion dollars if their resturant wasnt picked.
Modern Medicine has extended the average life span from our early 30's to our mid to late 80's. Because of the pharmacutical companies, cancer and AIDS are no longer death sentences. And if you dont believe me, then I can arrange for you to talk to my girlfriend's mom, who is a 13 year breast cancer survivor. Guess what? Thats a win for the pharmecutical compains. So I dont really see how Im supposed to ignore all of that and believe vitamins, minerals and herbs are going to cure anything and everything that ails me.
And if the clencher for your argument is that you researched this yourself, for a class you took in school, and you can provide me with websites that I can go to and read it for myself, Remember a few years ago when Tom Cruise said that he had researched the history of Psychatry. Rememeber how great it was when Maverick tried to convince us that, after reading a few books, he knew as much about mental health as someone who spent years and years studying it? It doesnt sound any less rediculous when its not coming from Tom Cruise.
So please, Im not saying that I agree or disagree. I think we have fully covered the fact that I dont care. But when you dont stop arguing, then I am forced to slam your head through the holes in your argument. Now leave me the fuck alone.