THREAD DRIFT ALERT

You are technically more gifted than I. You're more "intellectual" than I and have a broader range of interests. I don't doubt that you are smarter than I. I used to ascribe your debating style to youth and exuberance. But you really seem to work hard at behaving like a twit.

I have two children approximately your age. They are both arguementative, combative, certain of themselves, etc. Yet both can have severe differences of opinions without ever feeling a need to be insulting. Why can't you?

It's clearly not because you have some doubts about your views and need to overcome those doubts by demeaning those who disagree with you.

I can't believe it's because you WANT people to think you're an a**h***. A very smart one, but an a**h*** nonetheless.

I know that times have changed and forced politeness is no longer a part of society. We are all on a first name basis with our supervisors, I haven't been called Mr. by anybody except a telemarketer in what seems to be a very long time. But the disappearance of formal politeness should not be replaced by impoliteness.

I don't mind you disagreeing with me. I thought your quotes from the FAQ were relevant. (Not convincing to me, but relevant). So I'm glad (not really) that my horrible death due to my own stupidity will be fine with you. It would compound the tragedy if everybody was either sad or indifferent. At least I will have brought joy to somebody.



>>Has this substance been approved by the FDA? According to Jim's post (and I'll grant that I didn't do the research to verify the post), this is not the case. It is in a trial period.
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>>Therefore.....
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>>"There is a substance called PolyHeme that is scientifically proven to increase the chances of surviving a life threatening loss of blood."
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>>is inaccurate when you say "scientifically proven."
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>Your argument is only true if "scientifically proven" can only mean "approved by the FDA".
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>That's ridiculous.
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>This is from the FAQ posted elsewhere in the thread:
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>Is PolyHeme® safe?
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>In clinical trials to date, PolyHeme® has demonstrated no “clinically relevant” adverse effects. That is, they didn’t impact the patient’s safety or recovery.
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>Past studies have shown that PolyHeme® carries as much oxygen as blood, has not caused organ damage, keeps people alive who have lost all of their own blood, and can be infused up to two times a person’s entire blood volume.
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>Has PolyHeme® been tested on humans before?
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>There have been 5 human clinical trials of PolyHeme®.
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>How many patients have been treated with PolyHeme®?
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>Over 300 patients have been treated, including patients in a hospital-based trauma trial.
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>What happened to them?
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>In the Phase II hospital trauma trial, PolyHeme® significantly increased survival compared with historical controls.
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>Clearly the scientific evidence is that PolyHeme can save lives.
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>> I don't want to be the subject of an experiment without my consent.
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>So you'd rather die at the scene of a horrific accident than take on PolyHeme?
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>That's fine with me.
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>Did you get your bracelet yet?