Michael Balter wrote: >Let me put it another way. Herb raised the excellent question of who >this list is for and what purpose it serves. I think most people on >this list would agree that a Science for the People has to be based >on solid science and not on pseudoscience, and that it is actually >possible to come to a consensus about the difference between the >two. That is why we don't debate global warming here, nor whether >the earth is flat, and it is also why we should not debate whether >HIV causes AIDS. I think the issue of censorship is a red herring, >even if it is being raised by a true red. Herrings of the world, unite!