Oh American darlings …

[blamebrampton]

I do feel for you. I have met so many smart, serious and intellectually curious citizens of the United States, and yet your political climate is so filled with people just like this one:

Suddenly the abject lunacy that surrounds health and science debates in your country has a whole new layer of horror attached. And thanks to Jeph Jacques of Questionable Content for the URL.

I'm off to see whether having a sore knee is a good enough excuse for wagging work now that hideous deadline has passed. A few laps of the hall ought to settle my conscience one way or the other.

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[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

I know! But people like her reassure me a bit in a way. Whenever I see the crazies with their 'Nazi health policies' rants on telly, I think 'Oh yeah, one of those Americans', and take comfort in the fact that they are a small if very loud group.

Though I have to say that the general level of science education and understanding around the world is nothing like what it should be, and can't work out if it's because of bad teaching or bad journalism.