On Fri, 9 Nov 2007 10:21:28 -0500, "Ron Ritzman" ritzman@gmail.com wrote:
If you have a foolproof objective way of identifying the difference between the good and the bad tenacious advocates, I'd be grateful if you'd share it.
They're "good" if they are using it to fight "real" injustice in "real life". They're "bad" if they are using it to push a POV or get their way on a website. I'm not saying that people with alternative positions on issues shouldn't state their case. I'm saying that they should state it in a civil manner, see if it flies, and if it doesn't then go do something else.
OK, so let's take this test and try it on an article.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morgellons
Here we have a case where some very sincere people are campaigning to get the medical establishment to recognise a disease. The medical establishment refuses, saying this is just symptoms of already known diseases.
Read www.morgellonswatch.com if you have the time; the top two or three posts are a very balanced statement of the medical establishment's POV here.
Guy (JzG)