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Moore tells the interviewer that one "could drink a whole quart of [Roundup]" without any harm. When Moore is offered a glass of the weedkiller, however, he ref

by prapam2 12y ago

Moore tells the interviewer that one "could drink a whole quart of [Roundup]" without any harm. When Moore is offered a glass of the weedkiller, however, he refuses and says "I'm not stupid." - Why did he bring it up when he was not going to follow it through.

SquareWheel 12y ago
He might have expected a modicum of respect from the interviewer, and not a gimmick to "win" an argument.
- anon1385 12y ago
  Saying you are prepared to drink it is a gimmick. The same basic idea has been used a million times before for everything from asbestos to tobacco to coal dust to lead paint. Common enough for it to be parodied in a 25 year old episode of the Simpsons ("Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish"). Also Patrick Moore is a professional science denier. He doesn't deserve respect from anybody.
  - Dylan16807 12y ago
    "can drink" and "prepared to drink" are different things. Also I don't assume that random glasses of chemicals handed to me have been processed and handled in a food-grade manner.
    - sukilot 12y ago
      Claiming you could drink a quarter of it implies you believe it is food grade. It's extreme my disingenuous to hypothesize that a Roundup bottle imparts more health hazard than the contents.
      - Dylan16807 12y ago
        >Claiming you could drink a quarter of it implies you believe it is food grade. This makes no sense. Chemicals aren't inherently food grade or not. I won't drink a non-food-grade quart of water either. >It's extreme my disingenuous to hypothesize that a Roundup bottle imparts more health hazard than the contents. You've heard of agent orange, right? It wasn't the herbicides that injured people, it was small quantities of potent contaminants. It's not just the bottle, it's every container it's ever touched, every source for dirt or bad-to-ingest chemicals to get in that wouldn't bother plants at all. Edit: And to be clear, this applies just fine to things that are human-safe in small doses or for farm use. Contamination by literal dirt is a great example of something fine to spray on plants and dumb to consume directly.

by prapam2 12y ago

SquareWheel 12y ago

He might have expected a modicum of respect from the interviewer, and not a gimmick to "win" an argument.

anon1385 12y ago
Saying you are prepared to drink it is a gimmick. The same basic idea has been used a million times before for everything from asbestos to tobacco to coal dust to lead paint. Common enough for it to be parodied in a 25 year old episode of the Simpsons ("Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish"). Also Patrick Moore is a professional science denier. He doesn't deserve respect from anybody.
- Dylan16807 12y ago
  "can drink" and "prepared to drink" are different things. Also I don't assume that random glasses of chemicals handed to me have been processed and handled in a food-grade manner.
  - sukilot 12y ago
    Claiming you could drink a quarter of it implies you believe it is food grade. It's extreme my disingenuous to hypothesize that a Roundup bottle imparts more health hazard than the contents.
    - Dylan16807 12y ago
      >Claiming you could drink a quarter of it implies you believe it is food grade. This makes no sense. Chemicals aren't inherently food grade or not. I won't drink a non-food-grade quart of water either. >It's extreme my disingenuous to hypothesize that a Roundup bottle imparts more health hazard than the contents. You've heard of agent orange, right? It wasn't the herbicides that injured people, it was small quantities of potent contaminants. It's not just the bottle, it's every container it's ever touched, every source for dirt or bad-to-ingest chemicals to get in that wouldn't bother plants at all. Edit: And to be clear, this applies just fine to things that are human-safe in small doses or for farm use. Contamination by literal dirt is a great example of something fine to spray on plants and dumb to consume directly.