Comments on: Wakefield on Ethics: “I’m perfectly willing to accept my understanding was wrong.”

By: isles

isles — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 13:22:31 +0000

Wakefield’s claim is just perplexing. Is it permissible to give anyone money for donating blood in the UK? In the US, only plasma donors ever get money, and that’s well known as a tactic of the financially desperate. No one here would ever be mistaken about the permissibility of paying people to give whole blood.

By: Kev

Kev — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 13:00:00 +0000

Interesting – what does Horton say?

He apparently says Wakefield’s role was never made clear. That said, he has made himself look fairly foolish.

By: century

century — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 06:57:30 +0000

“The self-applied noose around Wakers neck is tightening..”

go to..

http://www.jabs.org.uk/forum/t.....hichpage=2

and read

“JABS Briefing Note 9th April 2008

GMC’s disciplinary hearing into Dr Andrew Wakefield, Professor Simon Murch and Professor John Walker-Smith

Dr Horton and the GMC hearing”

By: Kev

Kev — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 15:55:02 +0000

Margaret – no, its not.

By: Science Mom

Science Mom — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 13:32:42 +0000

Century, That kind of rubbish you posted is indicative of the tenuous arguments anti-vaxxers have. The self-applied noose around Wakers neck is tightening and that is all ‘your side’ can come up with? Pathetic and predictably so.

By: Margaret Romao Toigo

Margaret Romao Toigo — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 16:27:41 +0000

In the US, ignorance of the law is no excuse. Isn’t this also true in the UK? (I honestly don’t know.)

Because, unless ignorance is an acceptable legal excuse, it seems rather lame to offer, “I’m perfectly willing to accept my understanding was wrong,” as a defense.

By: HCN

HCN — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 04:26:48 +0000

pv said “Are the Wakefield supporters club are gay-bashers too, as well as being thoroughly deluded?”

So, does David Kirby deserve the same treatment that is being given to Brian Deer?

Or is it more of a case of “we can’t counter with facts, let us just go with innuendo”!

By: Kev

Kev — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 22:07:33 +0000

By all accounts a gay man and therefore unlikely ever to have to face the multiple vaccine risk agonised over by parents

Good God.

And there I was thinking that the rampant homophobia was the sole province of John Best Jr.

Quite apart from the fact that LGBT adoption is entirely legal in this and many other countries around the world and also the fact that I would assume that many gay uncles/aunts/cousins etc would be concerned and interested in their neice/nephews/whatever upbringing, the fact is that sexual orientation was used in that appalling hitpiece solely as a weapon. That is the act of a rampant homophobe. No wonder Brain might’ve felt just a little bit on edge if that was the atmosphere.

Shame on the author. This is 2008.

By: Kev

Kev — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 21:56:15 +0000

WTF?

Century, is that a joke? A bunch of people hectoring one person who in the course of responding is told to ‘get away’? And then when Brian asks for security, they’re faux ‘glad’ he did to protect the multitude of them from the one man?

I saw the Sky News clip of the Sky journo attempting to interview Brian and the bunch of people standing directly in between them and holding placards up between them. They sure didn’t seem to concerned about the big bad Brian then.

This country is fast losing all sense of proportion and dignity.

By: pv

pv — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 19:46:44 +0000

century on April 11th, 2008 20:18:26

Dear Brian

http://tinyurl.com/4rp88o

So let’s smear Brian Deer now shall we?
Are the Wakefield supporters club are gay-bashers too, as well as being thoroughly deluded?