In praise of patience

[pecunium]

rivka has made me glad I did not jump on the bandwagon of outrage over the use of children as unwitting test subjects for HIV drugs in New York City.

She goes into detail on the subject at Respectful of Otters.

I'd like to say this tripped my worry meter enough that I'd done more than set it aside, pending corroboration, before I let outrage take over, but I didn't. I merely filed it as unlikely.

Maia and I are heading to L.A. this afternoon, because I have drill this weekend, and it's mandatory fun (to be honest, I'd rather have some real work to do this weekend, but it's needful. We have to have a couple of briefings every year, and this letes family get together. With guys deployed, it lets their families know we've not forgotten them, but feh. Even with people I really like, mandatory fun is tedious).

I may make the time to try and marshall some thoughts a fight in another place has set to bubbling, but I may not.

No food porn, no descriptives, and no real ranting at the moment. See you all later.


Oh, andmatociquala thanks for all the exposure. If I were having a subscription drive, you'd be the prize winner, by miles.

Comments

[balmofgilead.livejournal.com]

Hey, I have enough (healthy) skepticism towards authority that I wouldn't quibble with what you say about ACS. If the ACS generally acts inappropriately, that's a problem that needs to be fixed, but I think it makes sense to keep that separate from this particular scandal. If the ACS is "bad" that doesn't make the AIDS drug trial bad, and if the drug trial was "good," that wouldn't make the ACS "good."

I hope things turn out smoothly for you with the ACS.