Mesopotamia. Babylon. The Tigris and Euphrates, by Arundhati Roy

[Count Zero]

Since the government saw the coup against Hugo Chavez with such good eyes, and only regretted it after it failed, it's not unreasonable to think they may have some involvement. They have done it before for much more nonsensical reasons. This is much more believable than, say, Saddam Hussein having nuclear weapons. But that's not saying much...

What mass of uranium the guy has in his body? Is it concentrated in one part or is it scattered? If the guy is resisting it, well good for him. You can't judge the whole thing just from one incident. I knew a guy who used to work at Chernobyl. He's fine. Would you like to live there? You can find cases like this everywhere.

This is like saying HIV doesn't cause AIDS because some HIV-positive people don't develop the disease.

And what exactly is the "progressive community"? That's just prejudice. I've never heard this argument before, certainly not from "dolts" like Chomsky. The first time I heard it was from you.