>> ^NicoleBee:

doublepromote this incredibly moving account of what was happening while so many were transfixed by the spectacle of the OJ Simpson trial.


Touché. Thanks for the promo Nic.

*doublepromote this incredibly moving account of what was happening while so many were transfixed by the spectacle of the OJ Simpson trial.

I don't know anything about the autism correlation or cause.

But I do know mercury is fuck shit dangerous.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_%28element%29

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thiomersal#Allergies

There is no convincing evidence that thiomersal is a factor in the onset of autism.[17]

What that means is that they cannot prove people are getting sick from Thiomersal, or that they aren't. There simply isn't enough data to go on. That is why the The Hannah Poling Case was ruled in favor of the plaintiff, and damages were awarded. There was a direct correlation with the vaccinations, she had contracted "vaccine-induced varicella." However a month later she was diagnosed with Autism. But that is where speculation begins. How did they know, precisely, that the vaccines caused the Autism? I don't know and I don't have the time to read more of the court document.

I know that they won the case because it was Civil, Preponderounce of Evidence is all that is needed to win that case. That is why OJ Simpson was cleared of criminal charges for murder, but ordered to pay out for the wrongful death of Nicole Brown.

Just because there is a correlation does not prove causation.

As I understand it science can't disprove that vaccines didn't cause the sickness, only that the likely hood of that taking place is less likely than one might think. Meaning? It could be possible, like there could be a god, but probably not.

The U.S. federal government agreed to award damages in one case, to a girl with a mitochondrial enzyme deficiency who developed autistic-like symptoms after receiving a series of vaccines,[20] some of which contained thiomersal.

http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/358/20/2089
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thiomersal#Allergies

Now for my opinion of chemicals. If there is even an ounce of doubt in your mind, then it should not be used. It is your free choice once they start forcing it, then we have a problem.

Proper science needs to be taught here. Just because there are a million studies that prove it to be safe doesn't mean there can't be a fluke. The same can be said in reverse. My wife likes to say, "A tree could fall on you too," to which I reply, "It sure could."
As if saying that it could happen means you shouldn't prepare for it. Trees are treacherous.

Read the fine, fucking, print.
http://smallbiztrends.com/2010/02/always-read-the-fine-print.html

Here's some fine print:
http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vac-gen/side-effects.htm
http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vac-gen/side-effects.htm#flu
http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vac-gen/side-effects.htm#spox
http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vac-gen/side-effects.htm#dtap

I'll stop here, side-effects are depressing. Sure the rare ones are rare, but they can still kill you. Never let that; "They are rare" fool you into taking something that could possibly complicate matters. Always weigh the risks.

[Ramble End]

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it could be worse... They could have done the OJ Simpson clip at around the time he was found guilty a couple of weeks ago...

O.J. Simpson gets at least 15 years in prison

http://edition.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/12/05/oj.simpson.sentencing/?imw=Y&iref=mpstoryemail

>> ^Trancecoach:
^Name ONE instance (with video link, if possible) of liberals using the race card. Name ONE, BillO.
(I will accept your silence as an admission of your ignorance.)
And Shields, here, deserves credit for not demanding that the women wait on him hand and foot. He really does.


Well, I'd consider Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, Reverend Wright, OJ Simpson, Hillary, and many others guilty of playing the race card.

Show me where I'm wrong, son.

http://www.videosift.com/video/This-time-the-jury-pwns-one-OJ-Simpson

>> ^imstellar28:
^therealblankman,
A person should be convicted on the evidence against them, not on the prejudice of the jurors. Whether that prejudice is based on race, gender, religion, clothes, profession, fame, or appearance. Many jurors, for example, would probably be biased if they saw a defendant who had tattoos, was unshaven, and looked pretty mean. A persons appearance (age, gender, style, race, etc.) should have no bearing on the trial, so why even include it as a variable?
Likewise for the name of the accused. Who you are should have nothing to do with your guilt or innocence. In this case, OJ is associated with murder, and no matter how impartial a juror tries to be, that prejudice is going to exist. If the defended was obscured from view and his name hidden, jurors would be forced to consider only the evidence and not whatever personal biases they may have.
When a juror doesn't know if they are convicting an old grandma, a 19 year old minority, an NFL football player, or a middle aged white guy, they would be forced to consider the evidence more carefully.
Also: when I said "not really how the justice system is supposed to work" I meant people shouldn't be punished more harshly because the juror thinks they "got away with" a previous crime.


It is kind of hard to orginize a public trial with all those conditions

I am a fan of justice, but perfect justice can never be had, just have to get as close as we can.

>> ^imstellar28:
not really how the justice system is supposed to work.
they should exclude the names/identities of defendants during trials. or even go so far as to physically separate the jury/defendants so that race/gender/appearance is unknown.


That is one of the strangest opinions about the legal system I've ever read. Care to elaborate?

>> ^quantumushroom:
Teh Rougy came here to my submitted sift and insulted me with uncreative vulgarity. I countered by pointing out something reflected in his posts: he's sympathetic to or an actual 9-11 'truther', the political equivalent of those who say OJ Simpson was framed.
Shuac is right, it's funny; harmful only to overly sensitive humorless leftists. Have you no faith in your marxist messiah?


You are one of the most dispicable souls I've ever come across on the internet. Our country is in a world of hurt precisely because of people like you and your politics, yet you are the very first to accuse anybody who disagrees with you of being a traitor or of being a communist.

You deserve every insult, and worse.

Cry baby.

You know QM, You have to be a republican strategist, because if you cant attack a persons comment, you go after their character, or previous comments (whether relevant or not) in an effort to discredit them.

Teh Rougy came here to my submitted sift and insulted me with uncreative vulgarity. I countered by pointing out something reflected in his posts: he's sympathetic to or an actual 9-11 'truther', the political equivalent of those who say OJ Simpson was framed.

Shuac is right, it's funny; harmful only to overly sensitive humorless leftists. Have you no faith in your marxist messiah?

>> ^Xax:
I forget where I heard it, but apparently OJ was given some sort of treatment (a drug, I think) to make his hands bloated so they wouldn't fit the gloves during the trial.





Its not that the his fingers were too fat, its that they were too long. The fingers of the glove were so short that the palm of the glove went past his knuckles.

I recognized OJ Simpson on the far left, and was that Tupac in the back on the right side?

It's trendy right now to "dislike" America and Religion. At one time maybe it was independent thought, but now it's just trendy. Most people can't even come up with good reasons "I just have problems with religion. I just have problems with the way the US handles things."
QM why do you even feel the need to defend anything? The only time that people need to defend the US is when the people who complain actually do something. But right now, it's like someone who refuses to get a new job because they are having too much fun bitching and moaning about their current one.
And find me someone who's never accidentally tried a door that didn't work or was locked because that man is a god.
Oh, and OJ Simpson is black, no one would ever consider him a novelist... duh.
He's our athlete, cause americans have the most unreasonably violent athletes and sports fans in the world, oh wait... damn I can't even type it with a straight face.