BURNING BOOKS

We do not claim to have an understanding of the condition that is called "AIDS,'' but the ongoing attack on Peter Duesberg and other scientists who have questioned the hypothesis that HIV virus causes AIDS is reprehensible. Also, the multibillion dollar HIV-AIDS industry with 100,000 tax-financed research papers published and still little or no practical progress - not even proof that HIV causes AIDS - is highly suspect. Therefore, even without reference to the specifics of their scientific arguments (which are quite credible), we recommended this book and sponsored a lecture by Peter Duesberg at the DDP meeting last year. His presentation was excellent. (Audio tapes are available from DDP, 2509 N. Campbell, Box 272, Tucson, AZ 85719.)

This book is especially interesting because it not only gives evidence against the HIV-AIDS hypothesis and in support of an alternative possibility, it describes Peter Duesberg's persecution by the tax-financed research establishment. This is of special significance because Duesberg is a member of the National Academy of Sciences who gained his scientific reputation in the study of retroviruses like HIV. In this context, the book is also an exposé of the corrupt inner workings of the federal medical research program.

The wheels of "justice'' turn slowly, so 20,000 copies were sold before the book burning was ordered. Ellison's attorney is quoted as saying, "There is no question that this decision represents a radical departure from two hundred years of American legal tradition.''