If you look at what's happened in the oil and motor industries, the
initiative to adopt a fresh, green direction came, in practical
terms, eventually, from within - basically 'cos they've got the dosh.
It's just a case of waiting to see which Pharmagiant is the first to
break ranks.

Richard


--- In thomasszaszdiscussion@yahoogroups.com, mirah@d... wrote:
> ozarkheretic wrote:
>
> > You want me to unite with the Scientologists?
>
> No. I myself will have nothing to do with them. Besides, I'm not
> ordering anybody to unite. I'm only expressing my wish that some
sort of
> organization would be erected, preferably by and of professionals,
not
> because I believe that professionals have a monopoly on the truth,
but
> because they have more social status, and that carries weight in
our
> society.
>
> > Are the pharmaceutical
> > companies really "united"?
>
> They have a powerful lobby. Yes, they compete with each other for
> income, but at the same time they support each other politically.
For
> instance, the pharmaceutical companies in Europe are united in
endorsing
> European plans to pay them sacks of money for drug testing on
children.
> See: http://www.vsop.nl/pdf/PMCdraftregu.pdf
>
> > Aren't the Scientologists and the Szaszians and people who want
> > liberty to prevail already united when they speak out against
> > coercive psychiatry?
>
> Who are Szaszians? Are you a Szaszian? I greatly admire and
appreciate
> Dr. Szasz, but I would not call myself a Szaszian [and I'm sure he
> wouldn't call himself a Mirian ;)]
>
> There are some people speaking out. Szasz has been doing it for
nearly
> half a century. Other names I can mention offhand are Fred Baughman
and
> John Friedberg. There are more. Their voices are heard separately,
not
> together. That makes them easier to marginalize and defame.
>
> I cannot dictate to anyone to form a union. But I can lament that
there
> isn't one.
>
> Mira