Following the disclosure that Michael J. Fox has Parkinson's Disease and comments regarding the government's laxity in funding Parkinson's Disease research, this letter was created for publication. It was ultimately refused publication by the local "Southern Illinoisan" and several newspapers at the national level. If you feel that this is an issue that should be publicly known, feel free to publish it in any newspaper or journal that will do so. Dear Editor: There has been criticism of the government's lack of commitment to finding a Parkinson's disease cure. This is by people who are unaware that the government approves of drugs that cause the same kind of harm to the brain as Parkinson's Disease. It's no secret, except to those who don't want to know; it's not even as difficult as determining whether smoking causes lung cancer: the manufacturers of these drugs are required by government law to list the "contra-indications" in their literature which accompanies their drugs and it is also in the Physicians' Desk Reference or PDR. These drugs are routinely prescribed and/or administered against the will of victims by literate MDs who feel, like abortionists, that someone is expendable, and the results to the victim, like the effects of Parkinson's Disease and infanticide, are permanent and irreversible. The resulting disability from the drug injury to the brain is called Parkinsonism. Since the government approves of these drugs and knows that they cause the same kind of harm as the disease, involving itself in research for a cure for the disease itself would be an act of hypocrisy. Worse, as the government is undoubtedly aware, it would be saying that some people deserve the right to keep their God-given/natural abilities more than other people. That could incur legal action regarding prejudicial/preferential treatment, favoritism, discrimination, and other actionable charges regarding inalienable rights…if a victim of the drugs can afford it, since "pro bono publico" legal counsel declines public issue cases against government. I realize that stating these facts is stating, in effect, that your gods aren't wearing any clothes, but if after investigating the facts, the government-trusters and other non-victims of the system among us can see it differently, we need to know their viewpoint. Sincerely, Robert E. Jurich Carbondale, Il 62901 ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com