Re: Detox - Germ theory

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On Mon, 02 Feb 2004 16:33:16 -0500

<karenr@...> wrote:

>Hi ,

>

>There's a school of thought that colds and viruses aren't a matter of

> " picking up things " , but that the toxic condition requires the use of

>viruses to aid in the detox process. Jim West who has written an article on

>SARS on the WAPF site, is a major proponent of this theory. Aajonus

>Vonderplanitz similarly says that viruses have solvent-like properties and

>aid in the detox process.

Whereever one may be concerning the germ theory, I think of lot of the

arguments are kind of silly because they occur in a historical vacuum.

Pasteur's theory of germs did not win the day because of good science (most

of the available evidence suggests that he was a poor scientist), but

rather because he was a good politician. In other words his theory

gained the ascendency not because of science but because of his

politiking among those whose opinions mattered in his day.

That doesn't mean he was wrong but it should give us cause for pause, as

I believe even today that many theories become mainstream because some

supposedly objective governmental body gives their stamp of approval.

The fact is Pasteur was opposed in his day by many of his colleagues.

The " terrain " theory of germs is nothing new and was around during

Pasteur's day. Pasteur overcame this opposition by politics, not science.

The modification of the original germ theory is not occuring, IMO,

because of new insights, but rather because the political strength that

once formed its backbone has now waned, as the poor science behind the

*original* conception of the theory is only too obvious and has caused

much mischief in my opinion.

IOW, Beuchamp and others are receiving the hearing that they were

originally denied in their own day.

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That just because a tyrant has the might

By force of arms to murder men downright

And burn down house and home and leave all flat

They call the man a captain, just for that.

But since an outlaw with his little band

Cannot bring half such mischief on the land

Or be the cause of so much harm and grief,

He only earns the title of a thief. "

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