Pharmaceutical companies and Michael Moore Gonneke wrote that she respectfully disagrees with me: > The spreading the word about the good things about the pharmaceutical and > formula industries is taken care of fairly well by themselves. Someone has to > tell the other side of it, the dark side, the non-mankind-loving side. These > companies only have one goal, which is not scientific nor health achievements, > but making big profit. > Moore isn't, by the way, that most people cheat, lie or are bad, but only > the ones he targets in his documentaries. Gonneke, I didn’t make myself clear. I’m not talking necessarily about reality or truth but about how things are perceived by others. And I am relying on psychological research as reported by someone else, namely Kevin Hogan. Let me take another stab at an explanation of the theory. Most of the people I deal with are quite comfortable taking the products of the pharmaceutical companies (pharmcos), their behavior indicating that they trust the pharmcos to provide safe products. If I criticize the pharcos as being unscrupulously profit driven, without concern for the wellbeing of their patients, even tiny babies, will the person I’m addressing believe me or think that I’m a bit extreme? I want to maintain my credibility. Moore appears to have lost credibility with a significant portion of the population. If Moore isn’t credible to the people you wish to influence, he cannot help you. It took me a long time and a great deal of study to arrive at the convictions I have today. I respect that someone who has not had the experiences and education I have had will not instantly grasp what it took me so long to learn. I don’t want to be what we in the US sometimes refer to as, “Preaching to the choir,” which means only getting through only to those who are already convinced. I struggle to meet people where they are. Does this clarify my meaning? Alice Martino Roddy *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html