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> usual suspect wrote:
>
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>>
>>>>>>>That's why Physicians' Committee for Responsible Medicine was
>>>>>>>formed
>>>>>>
>>>>>>No, it wasn't. PCRM was formed as an outgrowth of animal rights groups,
>>>>>>not medical groups. Physicians make up less than five-percent of PCRM's
>>>>>>membership.
>>>
>>>>>You ignorant git!!
>>>>
>>>>*You* ignorant git!!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>PCRM was originally formed by
>>>>
>>>>Animal rights activists.
>>>
>>>Who call themselves PHYSICIANS?
>>
>>Yes. Over 95% of their membership are *NOT* physicians:
>>http://www.amprogress.org/News/News.cfm?ID=360&c=63
>>
>>Why do you gullibly go by the name of the organization rather than what
>>it really is? It is NOT a medical organization. It's primarily a group
>>of animal rights activists who don't hold medical degrees or work in the
>>medical profession. Nitwit.
>>
>>
>>>Dr. Neal Barnard is what exactly?
>>
>>An animal rights activist who heads an animal rights group.
>>
>>
>>>> As can be seen on PCRM's own Web site, despite its name, fewer
>>>> than 5 per cent of PCRM's members have medical degrees. The
>>>> group has a long history of opposing important research prograns
>>>> funded by respected health charities such as the American Heart
>>>> Association, the March of Dimes, St. Jude Children's Hospital,
>>>> the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation and the American
>>>> Cancer Society.
>>>>
>>>> PCRM opposes any use of laboratory animals in biomedical
>>>> research, regardless of the benefit. It was created in 1984 to
>>>> provide a false patina of scientific credibility to the extreme
>>>> animal rights agenda espoused by PETA and other groups. Its
>>>> involvement in animal rights activism remains strong. PCRM's
>>>> president, Neal Barnard, is also president of thr Foundation to
>>>> Support Animal Protection, which is housed in PETA's
>>>> headquarters in Norfolk. PETA founder Ingrid Newkirk is the
>>>> foundation's vice president.
>>>>
>>>> According to IRS records, in 2000, the sole grant awarded by the
>>>> foundation was to PCRM, in the amount of $432,524, nearly a
>>>> fifth of PCRM's budget.
>>>> http://www.amprogress.org/News/News.cfm?ID=149&c=65
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Despite its name, only about 5% of PCRM's membership are
>>>> physicians. Recently PCRM has been spending much of its $2.9
>>>> million dollar annual budget attempting to re-invent itself as
>>>> a health/consumer watchdog group and draw media attention away
>>>> from its adherence to the animal rights agenda.
>>>>
>>>> Nevertheless, PCRM has continued to promote that agenda in its
>>>> joint campaign with PETA against America's leading health
>>>> charities that fund animal based biomedical research. We are
>>>> not only talking about the March of Dimes, but also the American
>>>> Heart Association , the American Cancer Society, St. Jude
>>>> Children's Research Hospital, American Foundation for AIDS
>>>> Research, The Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation, The
>>>> American Red Cross and, yes, even Boys Town. Seventy charities
>>>> in all are currently on PCRM/PETA's "don't donate" list. These
>>>> are organizations that through their grants and contributions to
>>>> biomedical research are responsible for hundreds of specific
>>>> achievements in medical progress. These achievements range from
>>>> development of the polio vaccine to the latest in genetic
>>>> discoveries including identifying the genetic basis for
>>>> diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and many types of cancer.
>>>> http://www.amprogress.org/News/News.cfm?ID=360&c=63
>>>>
>>>>See also: http://www.physicianscam.com/article_detail.cfm
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS
>>>>
>>>>They're not medical professionals. They're animal rights activists.
>
>
> Go to http://www.nealbarnard.org and learn something

He calls himself "one of America’s leading advocates" -- an activist --
on the front page. I rest my case, numbnuts.

> PCRM was ORIGINALLY founded by MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS!

It's a lay organization with less than 5% medical professional
membership. It's agenda is that of advocacy and activism, NOT medical
science. It is NOT a medical organization, it's an AR organization.