[csaa-forum] Trashy magpies

[Terry Flew]

Jason

Granted that probably no-one can claim to be disinterested. But if the 
sources I've accessed online are correct, this guy and his erstwhile 
Marxist colleagues now openly tout for business with Monsanto and Pfizer, 
and produced a documentary for Channel Four in Britain, titled 'Against 
Nature', for which Channel Four had to apologise to the Independent 
Television Commission for seriously distorting the statements of 
environmental advocates interviewed for it. The site 'GM Watch' notes the 
following related 'front' organizations:

Africa Direct - denying the genocide in Rwanda Association of British 
Drivers - no to speed limits, yes to global warming and GM crops! 
Audacity.org - no restraints on devolopment, no to sustainability Campaign 
Against Militarism (CAM) - no to military intervention Families for Freedom 
- risks to children are grossly exaggerated Feminists for Justice - no laws 
on date rape Freedom & Law - no to state intervention Global Futures - 
concerns about risk are greatly exaggerated Internet Freedom - no 
restrictions on paedophilia, race hate etc. Irish Freedom Movement (IFM) - 
no to the peace process Libero! - libertarian football supporters network! 
The Litigious Society - no to a 'compensation culture' London International 
Research Exchange (LIRE) - denying Serb nationalist atrocities Transport 
Research Group - yes to big roads Workers Against Racism (WAR) - no to all 
immigration controls WORLDwrite - anti-green gap years and school exchanges.

While I find the career of Frank Furedi and his friends kind of 
interesting, I still think he's an odd choice for you to refer to in 
relation to the point you are trying to make about not fetishising 
'relevant' research.

Cheers
Terry


At 04:08 PM 26/10/2004 +1000, you wrote:

>If you can show me an example of disinterested scholarship I'll actually 
>buy you a drink. All scholarship should have an interest, otherwise why 
>would one bother to read it?
>
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