Re: Prion research and mad cow disease

["James N Rose" <***>]

Judith/Tim,

Judith, if your report of WHO 'sterilization' methods
is accurate, then there is absolutely -no- opportunity
for expunging the prion from the environment. Tim,
your hope that a biologically successful response
could be in the offing but will only take time, seems
less than promising in the face of an organic unit
that is impervious to hydrochloric/sulphuric acid
deconstruction.

Machiavellianly machinated efforts that priorotize
monetary gain over all other considerations keeps
getting this planet into a deeper and deeper catastrophic
mire.

The one thing that Life continues to re-prove is that
no single priority-option can serve as dependable
foundation forever.  Survival and endurance and evolution
require that all options weigh on the scales no matter
how trivial or seemingly insignificant.  Imbalanced
'coordination' leads to problems.

Some might say, to desirable 'quantum shifts and leaps',
but that is never a certainty.  What -is- certain is that
dramatic transforms will get generated and that no safe
niche exists in any guaranteed form.  Every one and everything
is eventually vulnerable, even those organisms which
think they are distanced enough to be immune.

Life and evolution is built upon statistical opportunism,
'gambling', to be rather frank about it.  It is a core process
of being and existence.  Unfortunately, humanity has take
'gambling on gambling' to some kid of perverted artform.

Bets are unwisely biased on commercialism 'at all costs'
as if fiduciary value were the only value and reality.

Commerce is a communication/networking systems organizing
process event, quite important in the sceme of things.  But
it is not the only criteria and preferring it to all others
is becoming dangerous to the planet under current conditions.

Unfortunately, some people involved spin the effects to be
desirable is some perverse immunizing self-justifying way.

Eventually this planet will need to de-populate imbalanced
overgrowth.  What more conscience salving way could there be
than 'natural' biological vacuuming events?  Wars are too
costly, take too much energy and physical/psychological
resources.

But, its all 'never mind' at this point.  The wheels are turning
and efforts underway -- beyond the scope of timely reactions or
change.

The house of global commerce juggernauts on as if these
events were only side-show time-limited diversions.  Maybe
they are right. Maybe the juggernaut is like the enduring
oceans, that rage and toil no matter the local interactions
and changes and conflicts happening at ocean-shorelines interfaces.
Inconsequential events, at the fringes of what is -- 'real'.

James
12/27/03