Paige Parvin
Editor
Emory Magazine
Dear Paige
Re Spring 2011 Issue of Emory Magazine
A letter about a letter re Bonnie S. Mandell-Rice, Broomfield, Colorado, comment about animal testing and using her imagination to consider ourselves being the focus of experiments by "aliens."
What you need to tackle sometime, somehow are the experiments being carried out on humans by humans in a far more unrestricted manner than anyone conceives.
The essence of your ethic's issue, I thought, was the focal point of the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues where James Wagner occupies the Vice Chair. Nothing could be more relevant to Emory and its overall educational process.
Because Emory Magazine introduced me to its existence I followed the Commission's hearings on 28th February and 1st March 2011 with a great deal of interest from London thanks to the Internet. I also made some submissions as well including the letter I sent you
I was struck by those 22 members of the public who appeared in the last 45 minutes on 1st March. When you understand the truth of what they said, it is most painful to hear.
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These people put themselves into public view, open to ridicule and sought help because they were human guinea pigs currently being used as nonconsenting subjects for neuroscience research with horrible stories to tell. They were given only two minutes each. This was just more abuse for them.
If you have time, give the video of what they had to say a view and see what your reaction is:
Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues Session 10: Public Comments 1st March 2011 St Regis Hotel Washington D.C.
When you realise that what was said by each and every person from this very diverse group is accurate (except for maybe the vapour trails from jet aircraft), you will begin to ask many questions.
The Commission faces an ethical dilemma: should it study the Guatemala experiments of 1947/8 in great detail as is occurring for dubious objectives or devote all resources necessary to address today's abuse of medical and scientific research as it applies to neuroscience?
The answer is, I believe, unfortunately, with the former and not the latter which will lead in due course to the Commission being considered useless and a waste of resources at a time when it could have done a meaningful job.
I am patiently waiting to see what course it takes after hearing these people plead for help that this Commission could provide.
Then I read James Wagner's comments "History and Wholeness" Wow! Will he have the courage to do as he describes others as having done not to remain blind or incapacitated when it comes to the horror of neuroscience experimentation being carried out today?
Slavery was an abomination and its aftermath a horror of social destruction. I've just been listening to Emmylou Harris' song "My Name is Emmett Till" on her just released new album "Hard Bargain." It's always wise to remind ourselves of what it was like in 1955 in Mississippi. But, have things changed?
All of the issues and problems that James Wagner associated with his excellent comments about slavery and confronting its issues as has occurred during the past 175 years of Emory's history all exist today. We are repeating history because we have not learned how to think properly.
We have not learned from history in a meaningful way nor have we advanced beyond slavery and abuse in the extreme which the technology of today has provided anew.
I've had almost 13 years of direct experience being subjected to 24/7/365 surveillance technology abuse which has sought and maintained a master/slave relationship by sadomasochistic means from the inescapable power of neuroscience based surveillance technology.
For the past decade this has involved neuroscience based surveillance technology since February 2001 carried out in a manner to imprison, torture, interrogate, experiment medically and engaged in surveillance R&D indefinitely until death occurs.
Those possessing this surveillance technology and using it in a most abusive manner are former US Marines who have permanently set up shop in North Kensington, London, at my home. This is part of a global activity.
After reading James Wagner's comments about slavery and Emory I call on him to allow each and every member of the public who wants to speak at the next session of the Commission's hearings at least ten minutes seated at the table to do so.
The horror of watching these people being treated like cattle at an auction for the slaughter by the Commission on 1st March 2011 was unbearable. I have not been able to look at the video of their treatment when they sought help since.
There was a whole afternoon available that could have been used. Surely, the Commission could have spent an afternoon of its time to hear from these people whose lives were destroyed and needed to tell their stories publicly so that everyone could benefit.
The Commission failed ethically at this point. There are new hearings coming up on the Wed & Thu, 18th & 19th of May 2011 in NYC with the same limited amount of time allowed for the public. There is a request for the public to apply to speak by 9th May 2011.
I urge the Commission through Dr Wagner to allow whoever wants to speak to be allowed to do so for ten minutes seated at a table, and that the Commission set aside the afternoon to hear them. After all, it's the public who is paying for this Commission.
Today we are on the brink of slavery that is unimaginable when compared with the past. The onus rests upon everyone to find out the truth and dig as deeply as possible to expose it all. This is what the Commission should be doing not investigating Guatemalan archives as important as they might be.
If Dr Wagner cannot get the Commission to pursue this vigorously, he should resign in protest and carry out this investigative work at Emory with the Board's approval. I am sure there are many grad students and faculty who would like to find out exactly what is happening for it is they who will be tarred by the neuroscience abuse brush when all of this becomes generally known.
Sincerely yours
Gary D Chance
