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Brazilian Guinea Pigs: Torture in the Name of Science PDF Print E-mail
2006 - January 2006
Written by Cristovam Buarque   
Monday, 23 January 2006 15:22

Malaria mosquitoOften we discover denunciations to be less serious when we check on them in loco. This month I had the unpleasant surprise of confirming the veracity of a denunciation that appeared unreal. I flew to Macapá, located on the equator in the Amazon region, went by car to Santana, caught a boat and, one and a half hours later, arrived in São Raimundo do Pirativa and São João do Matapi on the banks of the long, beautiful Matapi River.

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The Observer
written by Guest, January 24, 2006
George Bush has been a blessing for the American people. He is moral, honest and has values that many Americans still cherish. He is a born-again Christian, which means he is going to heaven. His faith helps him to guide our country through rough times and practice "compassionate conservatism." Thank God George Bush is president.
Buarque is lying and hiding !
written by Guest, January 24, 2006
This is his second article from the same writer on the same subject.
The first one appeared a few weeks ago in this same site.
I try to find it back, but it was deleted ! WHY ?

In the first article, Buarque wrote that the problem arose BECAUSE OF A TRANSLATION ERROR FROM ENGLISH TO PORTUGUESE. He even wrote that the translator was a foreigner.

That means, by definition, that the contract was 100 % in portuguese.

And now he says just the opposite, namely that some of the words in the contracts were in English.

Shame on you Buarque.
What you do is manipulation through lies and contradictions !
wrong author
written by Guest, January 24, 2006
This is the author's first article on this subject to appear on this website. You're probably thinking of the news articles that have appeared on brazzilmag.com. For example:

http://www.brazzilmag.com/content/view/5102/53/

http://www.brazzilmag.com/content/view/5105/1/
give me the dates of the articles....
written by Guest, January 24, 2006

because, as a forum member, there is no Numbered articles.
articles
written by Guest, January 24, 2006
Brazilian Guinea Pigs Got US$ 5 to Be Bitten by 100 Mosquitoes a Day
Written by Marcela Rebelo
Tuesday, 10 January 2006


Use of Humans as Guinea Pigs in Brazil Due to Faulty Translation
Written by Nielmar de Oliveira
Tuesday, 10 January 2006


Both on brazzilmag.com. There may be others.
OK OK, my fault !
written by Guest, January 24, 2006

I apologize on that one to Buarque, but he knows how much I DONT LIKE HIM !

Nonetheless, the January 10 article said there was a faulty translation....meaning errors from English to Portuguese.

And Buarque says there were words in English not translated.

One of the two is wrong, by definition.
But it could be also that the two are wrong.
Because if none of the two have read the contract, they can just say anything they want and this would explain the discrepancies in the 2 articles.

So, who is right and who is wrong ??????

That should be simple to find out, by reading the contract, it seems to me !



Smile....
Cheers
Wht\'s the point?
written by Guest, January 24, 2006
The contract is just a detail in this whole story... what is the point? These people DON'T KNOW HOW TO READ!!! They would sleep in a room full of snakes if necessary to get their 5 dollars.But the worst thing is that some people take advantage of their condition, the government doesn't give a s**t about all this. Biopiracy is still not a crime in Brazil, such as using indians as guinea pigs. What a shame, what a shame!
C. Lellis
faulty translation
written by Guest, January 24, 2006
According to the news story, the faulty translation was on the contract submitted to the National Ethics in Research Commission (CONEP) for approval. The contract submitted to the subjects was a different.
Hay Hombre.
written by Guest, January 25, 2006
Dey are duing someting wid the loco?
In loco? Whay the loco dont sey sameting? is he gay dis loco ?

Abaho con las cucarachas. Que viva el guinea pig e el loco

Bat hold on pleese.
I vas told that el guinea pig is not from Guinea and it is not pig ither

Hombre, traga me una tequilla, pronto

Hay Hombre.
written by Guest, January 25, 2006
Dey are duing someting wid the loco?
In loco? Whay the loco dont sey sameting? is he gay dis loco ?

Abaho con las cucarachas. Que viva el guinea pig e el loco

Bat hold on pleese.
I vas told that el guinea pig is not from Guinea and it is not pig ither

Hombre, traga me una tequilla, pronto

No educated Brazilian....
written by Guest, January 26, 2006


...speak perfect English.

Therefore no one could have seen, by checking first the translation, that a translation error occured.

Even if they did, NO one cared !

And here are the results ! Disaster !
The article headline is misleading !
written by Guest, January 26, 2006

There was NO TORTURE !

TORTURE MEANS GIVING PAIN AGAINST THE WILL.

When one knows that he will be bitten and agrees to receive money to do it, this is NOT TORTURE.
NO TORTURED MAN HAS YET BEEN PAID FOR AGREEING TO BE BITTEN BY MOSQUITOS.

It is similar in Drugs research and beta testing : volunteers are paid to test some new drugs, knowing the eventual side effects, sometimes deadly.They are volunteers, they are paid, and they agree in writing to take the risk.
THIS IS NOT TORTURE !

This done with thousands and thousands of people around the world, both in developped and developing countries.

What's wrong in one and not in the others cases ?????

By the way, I read the author of this article, C.Buarque is now a candidate for the Presidential elections.
Hopefully he will not win. Brazil will be worse than today existing disaster.

Mr Buarque, you see that I read the news.

Smile ! -smilies/wink.gif))
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