Has it been established that Bill Gate's money is going into medical
research? This is a long bow to draw if not. It was my understanding,
having seen something on the television, that the objective was education.
I am sure that any medical research into HIV and AIDS would NOT be carried
out in India.
At 10:30 PM 17/11/2002 +0000, ColRevs wrote:
>Maria
>
>I totally agree the money from Gates and others would be better spent on
>social programmes.
>
>I have great problems with medical research which is motivated by 'profit'
>and disabled people and 'the poor' have been 'guinea-pigs' for far too
>long. There should be an independent body set up by the UN to oversee all
>medical research and the safety of drugs. These multi-nationals should be
>made more accountable to the people and 'we' all expect to have our basic
>human right protected.
>
>I especially have great problems with psychiatric drugs when there is
>no-proof and evidence that mental illnesses have an 'organic' cause.
>
>Perhaps the top 100 hundred individuals could fund an 'independent body of
>research through the UN ?
>
>Larry, can you start to see why I've brought up the subject of the richest
>100 ?
>
>Regards
>
>Col R
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Mariab" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Sunday, November 17, 2002 4:23 PM
>Subject: Re: The ranking of 100 of the world's richest people as estimated
>by
>
>
> > Yes, he is funding charities. However, look at what he is funding, medical
> > stuff and maintaining status quo; not that there is anything wrong with
>it.
> > It would be nice if he were to fund some social issues would it not? How
>is
> > it, that there a thousand of charity in medical and maintaining of status
> > quo, and so few funding sources for social change? As far as I know non
> > that fund accessibility? I've been incorporating the following question
>when
> > I lecture in social work classes : "If you could contribute 5$ to a
> > foundation which of these would you choose
> > A medical research foundation or an accessibility foundation. I'm
>sometime
> > surprise to see that some students would give the 5$ to accessibility
> > foundation.
> > Maria
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Laurence Bathurst" <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: Sunday, November 17, 2002 10:03 AM
> > Subject: Re: The ranking of 100 of the world's richest people as estimated
> > by
> >
> >
> > > I think it was $30 million that Bill Gates recently donated to HIV and
> > AIDS
> > > programs in India.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Best regards
> > >
> > > Laurence Bathurst
> > > School of Occupation and Leisure Sciences
> > > Faculty of Health Sciences
> > > University of Sydney
> > >
> > > PO Box 170
> > > Lidcombe NSW 1825
> > > Australia
> > >
> > > Ph: 61 2 9351 9509
> > > Fax: 61 2 9351 9509
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> > >
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> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "ColRevs" <[log in to unmask]>
> > > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > > Sent: Monday, November 18, 2002 1:55 AM
> > > Subject: Re: The ranking of 100 of the world's richest people as
>estimated
> > > by
> > >
> > >
> > > | Larry
> > > |
> > > | Can't you see what I'm getting at ?
> > > |
> > > | Why is there so-many disabled people in the globalised world so poor
> > when
> > > | these rich individuals of these multinationals could show some
>morality
> > > and
> > > | a social conscience and start 'given' a bit more and tackling poverty
> > who
> > > | D.P suffer the most in being economically and socially excluded. A
> > > majority
> > > | of the world poor have disabilities, especially in 3rd world
>countries.
> > > |
> > > | Is not, the richest man in the world Bill Gates, disabled and is
> > > | neuro-diverse ?
> > > |
> > > | Larry, can you also explain to me with the Adult Dyspraxia Focus
> > magazine
> > > | you did talk on 'neuro-diversity' at their AGM and stated that
> > > | neuro-diversity in a condition... N.D. is not a condition, but a way
>of
> > > | 'being'... It is a 'genetic difference' who experience abuse,
>ignorance
> > > and
> > > | discrimination through social, economic, cultural, environmental,
> > > structural
> > > | and attitudinal barriers.
> > > |
> > > | Can you explain what you meant by N.D. being a condition ?
> > Neuro-Divergent
> > > | Action have taken Neuro-diversity out of the medical model and see it
> > has
> > > | way of 'being'.
> > > |
> > > | Regards
> > > |
> > > | Col R
> > > | ----- Original Message -----
> > > | From: "Larry Arnold" <[log in to unmask]>
> > > | To: "ColRevs" <[log in to unmask]>
> > > | Sent: Sunday, November 17, 2002 12:08 PM
> > > | Subject: RE: The ranking of 100 of the world's richest people as
> > estimated
> > > | by
> > > |
> > > |
> > > | > So what on erth has this got to do with disability ??????
> > > | >
> > > | > Larry
> > > | >
> > > | > >
> > > | >
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