Discussion that challenges supposed mainstream beliefs and officially accepted stances

[4channel]

Some issues when discussed can cause a range of reactions. Sometimes they can lead to an awakening, the beginning of a journey to discovering something new, or they can can cause a certain type of reaction in a person who may not like what they hear. I think that it's all about how we choose to deal with the info we're hearing and how we process it.

Take the issues of let's say ....  fluoride and mobile phone tower radiation. The government has allowed the fluoridation of our water and they have allowed the construction of mobile phone towers in residential areas. Does that mean the water is safe to drink and it causes no ill affect? Does that mean that the mobile phone towers are safe?  What about the handsets. Are they safe for children to use and hold against their heads?

Well, we discuss these things and some people do react angrily to the people discussing these issues. Does this mean that we have to stop discussion that challenges the supposed official stance or challenges what we are told is the mainstream belief? Do we have to self-censor or have this in a [private group? I have noticed that in discussion forums or the media that racist beliefs are a;allowed a platform and yet issues that many folk feel that need to be addressed because of health concerns are not given the same platform. To me racism is abhorrent and yet in the media, it gets the pass ticket while issues that some call important to health freedom do not! Why is that?  Could it be political? What are your thoughts?

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This is a discussion that some people here would be interested in while others may not be. Folks with opposing views are welcome as  always. Please, if someone has an issue with these topics being discussed or another member, could they refrain from any attacks on others or deliberately flooding this thread with off topic filler.

[icyfroth]

ha...I see the usual suspects have come in to trash the thread...

[domino-710]

One coould be forced to agree. lol

[imastawka]

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@icyfroth wrote:

ha...I see the usual suspects have come in to trash the thread...

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I'm not here.......oh, wait...........damn

[domino-710]

Wiping as I type. lol

[4channel]

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@icyfroth wrote:

ha...I see the usual suspects have come in to trash the thread...

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This thread proves a point without even the intention. I guess some folks just can't take it icyfroth.

Strenngth in numbers I guess.  Sad as there's a lot to learn by having good debate. Perhaps some fear that.

[lalbo-81]

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@the_great_she_elephant wrote:

The time has come,' the Walrus said,

      To talk of many things:

Of shoes — and ships — and sealing-wax —

      Of cabbages — and kings —

And why the sea is boiling hot —

      And whether pigs have wings.'

(Lewis Carol)

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One of my favorite poems..but his name has 2 L's an 2 R's , I think? Carroll ? I love "Jabberwocky " too. 

[lalbo-81]

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@tasfleur wrote:

Three little piggies in the sky,

Up in the air and they don't know why,

Flapping high and away they go,

One, two, three and what a nice show!

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I like that! Who wrote it? 

[tasfleur]

  Always happy to be one of  your "usual suspects" Icy .... 

[tasfleur]

I did lalbo ...  ... just joining in with the "suspects" ... 

[tasfleur]

4channel, perhaps there is a purpose to your "discussion that challenges supposed mainstream beliefs and officially accepted stances"  thread, but such a discussion is doomed to failure by its very nature.

It gives no real allowance for what people really would like to safely and confidently post as their personal opinion without some, who have long term self imposed tunnel vision, attacking them.