Col

Celgene now have the patent to thalidomide and have renamed it Thalomid and its cousin Revlimid, a drug that cost $5 now costs $300 per pill.

Revlimid is a drug looking for a disease, it is in 30+ clinical trials.

Maybe it will replace methotrexate.

Wendy

Go gettem girl (sorry)

I don't agree with all your opinions but I do admire your drive :)

Steve, the problem with Wendy is that she is trying to apply
Eastern States ideas to the situation in West Australia,
a State which she clearly knows little about. Armchair
idealists are all very well, if they have their facts
straight.

Anyhow, I've left a post for Wendy to answer on the animal
welfare thread mentioned earlier. Farmers and sheep in
WA need practical solutions, not fairyfloss dreaming, to
solve their problems.

Ok back to pregnancy, sorry about the diversion :)

Media Release Yabby from The Arm Chair

24 February 2006

Australian Muslims Are Against Animal Cruelty

The President of the Australian Federation of Islamic Councils, Dr, Ameer Ali
Today called on the Australian media not to act irresponsible in misinforming the
Australian public about the real reasons for live exports.

Dr. Ameer Ali said that Muslims are primarily concerned to ensure that the
Animal is slaughtered in accordance with the Islamic Shariah, ad that can be
Done in Australia under the Australian Government supervised Muslim Slaughter
Program (AGSMS) and we want the Australian public to know that we do not
Agree to animal cruelty.

He further said that Muslims in the Middle Eastern countries readily accept
frozen and chilled lamb and mutton from Australia, once it is Halal certified
under the program. Last year Australian lamb meat exports to the Middle East
was up 36% to a record 14,052 Tonnes, and Australian mutton meat export to
the Middle east was up 24% in the same period to 36,051 Tonnes (ref. Farmonline
News 1 Feb 2006). This represents the equivalent of more than 2 million sheep
which were slaughtered in Australia for Middle Eastern Muslim customers.

Dr. Ali said that the Australian Muslims does not support the cruel treatment of
animals prior to slaughter. That has been documented in Egypt as the Qur` an
dictates that animals should be treated with kindness.

I'm not sure why you posted that here Wendy, given that you
asked me to post on the animal welfare thread, which I have
done, to which you have yet to respoind.

I'm sure that the local Islamic community would love to
have more halal certified meat slaughtered here, for AFAIK
they are paid a fee, so no doubt would love for the cash
register to ring even louder for them in Australia,
which does not happen with live exports.

Clearly the argument has gone above your head however.
Yup animal cruelty is not accepted by Islam. So if it
should occur in the Middle East, the place to report
it is with the religious authorities in Islamic countries,
where Islam is fairly strictly enforced in most of them.

I am sure that incidents occur over there, as they do over
here, which are not acceptable. If they do, ok report them.
If I were to take a video camera and look around a bit,
I could go to any Aussie saleyard, meatworks, old people home,
hobby farmers, etc. etc and film incidents that would shock
viewers.

The point about armchair idealists is that they can become
quite fanatical, when they get a bee in their bonnet about
some issue. Wether that be abortion or the live trade, for
some reason it seems to me, their ability to think rationaly
seems to go clean out the window.

Personally I prefer to make judgments based on good evidence
and my ability to reason, not fairyfloss dreams.

Wendy, you really should not be using this thread to discuss animal rights issues.
And by the way Wendy you didnt get back to me on that question I asked you before.