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That makes absolutely no sense. They decided to feed it to people as a way of getting rid of it? Why not blast it out into space or bury it in a bunker or any o
by jolux 10y ago
That makes absolutely no sense. They decided to feed it to people as a way of getting rid of it? Why not blast it out into space or bury it in a bunker or any other thousands of easier ways we have to dispose of things than coming up with a conspiracy for having people ingest it?
- samstave 10y agoJesus christ - I am not saying it myself... I am simply stating a FUCKING QUOTE that I recall the head of ALCOA saying to my dad when I was a kid! God HNers... I in no way gave any bias in the relaying of said quote. I cant find him online, but this is his son (Jr.) with whom I used to work with when I was a teen: http://perkinswill.com/people/john-haymaker.html http://perkinswill.com/people/john-haymaker.html
- jolux 10y agoThe question was directed at the speaker of the quote, I was only asking you because I assumed your recapitulation of it meant you believed it. If you didn't, my apologies.
- betenoire 10y ago"And for those that toe the line with dental benefit BS..." you _did_ say this, i'm not sure why you keep getting defensive when someone replies to your words.
- samstave 10y agoYes I did... Tell my why, irrespective of anything else, that the dental benefits of Fluoride in everything is what we should do? I am not saying we shouldnt I just want to hear the statement for it... as I do not know. Again, I am just relaying a quote... and I personally have no idea. Also, I'm not "defensive" and I actually find calling someone defensive to be a really lame way of discussing anything. Don't be defensive when I call you out for beating your wife. Stop resisting.
- DanBC 10y agoThe many downvotes are asking you to reconsider your aggressive posting style.
- samstave 10y agoFirst I am accused of being defensive... now I am being accused of being aggressive... WTF?!?!?!
- tptacek 10y agoIn case this is helpful: things like "WTF?!?!?!" aren't helping.
- samstave 10y agoWTF am I supposed to be helping. Reading comprehension apparently fails this audience. so yeah. Fuck that. Read a quote. Did I say it no, hence we have the term in english called "quote" - we even have fricken literal characters on our keyboards and in our lexicon called "quotes" Let me try this for you: "Don't kill the messenger" -- SamStave Kill me for that.
- jolux 10y agoWell the fact that you are diverting discussion of the content of your quote through claiming that quoting it was not an endorsement of its sentiment -- a claim I still find specious at best under these circumstances -- seems to suggest that you are not confident in its validity. Is this the case? Because that's understandable, and we'd get a lot further in this discussion through recognizing it rather than not and continuing to avoid saying whether or not you actually believe what you quoted.
- samstave 10y agoSo by your logic we automatically believe that someone quoting another means that one is supporting the sentiment or belief in the stated quote?
- brazzledazzle 10y agoI feel like I'm having de ja vu. Have you brought this up on HN before with similar results? This all feels very familiar.
- samstave 10y ago:-) Yes - I quoted the same guy, saying the same quote and people hated me for it. FFS; I am relaying a quote I heard from the head of fucking ALCOA! y'all motherfuckers know what ALCOA is? and how far their reach is.... I would think something as insidious as this would be interesting! He fucking lives in SF FFS!!! (his house is amazing, BTW) But christ.... I was just sharing something from the past. I DID NOT SAY IT MYSELF For y'all's benefit, perhaps I should post a quote from Literally Hitler and see how you react to that (my dad did not know hitler BTW)
- DanBC 10y agoYes, here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11385768 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11385768