[Sca-cooks] Atkins, since it came up...

Phil Troy / G. Tacitus Adamantius adamantius.magister at verizon.net
Tue Feb 17 08:02:51 PST 2004


Also sprach <jenne at fiedlerfamily.net>:
>  > >Nope, a lot of it is being spread by people who are sick of hearing about
>>  >Atkins.
>>
>>  I bet there're  a lot of people in that category. I don't blame them.
>>  But how many of them are spreading medically irresponsible lies
>>  because they're sick of hearing about him, though? And that is
>>  eminently blameworthy.
>
>Depends. If people are going around saying, "Hey, did you hear that Dr.
>Atkins weighed 283 when he died." That's the truth-- it's on his death
>certificate. *shrug*

Can you name a single news source or authority, other than the death 
certificate, who did not choose to interpret this information in some 
way? Releasing the information at all, or at least suggesting it is 
relevant, constitutes deception, factually true or not.

Adamantius



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