DARK ROOM REDUX

[Grimwit]

VERY DARK:
http://d9d9d9.hp.infoseek.co.jp/index.html

Bleh. Been there. Done that.

Pedophiles just don't have the same pull any more.
I remember when it was a bad thing, then...meh.

Gimme more snuff. That stuff's the bomb, yo.

[Relenz]

In its previous incarnation, many misunderstood the purpose of the DARK ROOM.

The DARK ROOM is a repository for that which does not merely offend us, but which acts as a definite antithesis to our beliefs and ideals.

Posting something in the DARK ROOM is not a lightly taken task, simply used to vent frustration with general groups. Rather, it is to find those items which epitomize that which you disagree with in regard to these groups. Explanation of a posting is also probably a good idea.

For example:

President Bush is not a posting in the DARK ROOM. He is a person, not an abstraction, however much you may dislike him.

Atlas Shrugged is an acceptable posting, if you synopsize at least the principle of the rhetoric found within the book.

I and my associates will grade such objects on level of darkness, using a scale that has yet to be determined. Periodic winners for particularly dark entries will be rewarded with the very latest in brick and assorted other object-throwing technology.

Who knows? Some lucky winner may be given the chance to ask me about the...organisation...I run.

SY--
In addition, I would find it easier to run this enchanting little contest if conversations about individual postings and randomspeak were at least minimized in volume. My stress-swollen cranium thanks you.

[gofflin]

In June 1999, the Food and Drug Administration discovered that ìInfants who receive thimerosal containing vaccine at several visits may be exposed to more mercury than recommended by Federal guidelines for total mercury exposure.î Thimerosal, a preservative used in some vaccines to prevent contamination, is 49.6% mercury by weight. Infants who are being vaccinated using multi-dose vials with thimerosal can receive 62.5 micrograms of mercury per visit. For an average sized child this represents an exposure approximately 100 times the 0.1 micrograms per kilogram of daily exposure considered safe by the Environmental Protection Agency. The manufactures safety data sheet for thimerosal states, ìHighly toxicÖDanger of cumulative effectsÖAvoid prolonged or repeated exposureÖ and the Chemical, physical, and toxicological properties have not been thoroughly investigated.î

In January 2004, the nationís pediatricians received an autism ALARM [an acronym for an American Academy of Pediatrics communication program] stating autism-spectrum disorders (ASD) were affecting 1 in 166 children (90 percent of them are boys).

This far exceeds the 1 in 3,000 rate of the early 1980s. Last year, California added 3,074 autistic children to its rolls. Every state has seen a dramatic increase.
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Parental concerns regarding vaccine safety are not totally without merit. For years, children in America received the diphtheria, pertussis and tetanus shot at 2, 4 and 6 months of age. This shot contained a mercury-containing preservative called thimerosal. Then in the late 1980s and early 1990s, two additional mercury-containing injections were added to the schedule.

Apparently, no one at the National Immunization Program (NIP) within CDC did the calculations regarding the cumulative mercury exposure. The net effect of this was that, in the 1990s, babies in America were exposed to mercury by injection at levels not considered safe by the Environmental Protection Agency for oral consumption by adults. Children, with their rapidly developing nervous systems, are considered much more vulnerable to mercuryís toxic effects.

[Relenz]

[Ah yes, the Mercury transmission scandals, excellent.]

[Lessee, here, the score rubric is still under design, but...]

[We've got increased fear index, a break of common(natch)...

Multiplier for additional posting...

Add bonus for cool staffer-person submitting post...]

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[Carry the 6...]
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[and you have a rating of 31 of whatever we're gonna call it. A very respectable first post!]

[Relenz]

It seems nobody can follow our eternal God's example.

How frustrating.

Changes shall be made.

Bricks shall be thrown.

Mysterious and ominous machinations shall be implied!