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SHOW ME THE LINKS from 2000/2001 where people said the mad-cow disease was cause for concern here in the United States.
The link in the original quote goes to topics.nytimes.com... est
Just for the fun of it I thought I would look for something about mad cow disease from the time frame given. It took 14 seconds but all I could find were these hundred or so from the late nineties.
mad cow disease archive
U.S. Officials Confident That Mad Cow Disease of Britain Has NotOccurred Here
By LAWRENCE K. ALTMAN
Published: March 27, 1996
Federal officials are confident that the mad cow disease found in Britain has not occurred in the United States and that existing policies are adequate to protect the beef supply. ...
Originally posted by sir_chancealot
We all KNOW there are going to be direct disinfo agents posting of forums in the internet. THIS HAD BEEN ADMITTED BY OUR GOVERNMENT AND MILITARY.
Originally posted by Sublime620
Also, it would have to be a provable lie. Not only would the person have to repeat the offense multiple times, but it would have to be a known lie. It would have to be proven to be untrue and documented. Definitely not debatable.
Originally posted by americandingbat
...Is this really about lying or is this about people saying that Titor wasn't a true time traveller?
[edit on 10/2/08 by americandingbat]
...I don't believe he was a time traveler, but he certainly knew or guessed a great number of things very, very correctly. ...
Originally posted by sir_chancealot
Do you people even bother to read the posts? Or do you just take out of them what you want to take out of them?
How can you POSSIBLY suggest that someone is merely "mistaken" when they say "Here is the proof for XYZ", and then they post a link that has NOTHING to do with the question at hand?
As it is, this website is going down the path of GLP, which is not a good thing.
As it is, you have moderators that seem, in this specific case, to be showing partiality in not following their own terms and conditions for use of the site.
Have you noticed that no mods replied to my question on clarification as to what is considered "misleading"? Not even a "we need to get back with you on that"?
I gave two hypothetical examples, asking if these would be considered misleading, and the subject was avoided. Now, one could believe that the mods just haven't been back to this thread. Except that I sent a U2U to the mod that replied on this thread asking for clarification. Why no response, not even a "we'll get back with you"?
Originally posted by americandingbat
...The thing is, that for the purposes of this thread, what you think Titor was or wasn't is unimportant. ...
The link about mad cow disease articles in the New York Times clearly shows that there was concern about the issue becoming a major problem in America. ...
By LAWRENCE K. ALTMAN
Published: March 27, 1996
Federal officials are confident that the mad cow disease found in Britain has not occurred in the United States and that existing policies are adequate to protect the beef supply. A meeting of 70 animal and public health experts convened by the United States Department of Agriculture reviewed current policies last week and concluded without recommending any further safeguards.
Nonetheless, the department said it would increase the number of cattle brains routinely tested for mad cow disease.
The chief reasons for confidence, Agriculture officials say, are that mad cow disease has never been identified in the United States and the incidence of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, as the human version of mad cow disease is known, has remained unchanged since 1979. ...
Originally posted by sir_chancealotDoes that sound like concern that it is going to become an issue? Sounds like just the opposite to me.
Remember, the context of the quote was asking for links that show there was concern that mad cow was going to be epidemic here in the U.S.