Meerkat .................................. "I suspect that research reports are often taken out of context - especially by the sensationalising and largely ignorant media who would report anything to make a buck."
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I don't think it is only about cretinous media taking things out of context, the researchers too get a payoff in terms of recognition, relevance and possibly another grant to continue the research. Who would pay to research a non threat??
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"Remember how Fibre was supposed to prevent illnesses from A-Z?"
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I remember how heavily it was promoted.Like many other promotions too. Once the habits of ordinary punters have been changed and the $$$ have been made the show moves on...
................................... "I'm waiting for the day when fags are declared healthy (that's paper tubes of burning tobacco, not homosexually inclined males)."
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I don't think the Japanese got the memo about smoking being bad, they smoke much more than us and live longer too lol
