Bill, You being the point person with the reporters I'm not going to write to them. To me there are still lingering questions about just what happened when the various candidates appeared. But *I think it's important for the followup story to note* that if Stan Jones appeared to Tom Kotynski and others as if he was about to fall down, or have a heart attack, this was probably not due to the silver-compound-brew he'd been drinking. As Kotynski must know by now, what Stan was drinking was not colloidal silver, Ag+. It's unfortunate that Kotynski did make some very uncharitable and untrue remarks about CS and CS enthusiasts, and at the event, in his thinking he may have linked the problem of blue skin with some health problem, such as the candidate's stumbling, about-to-have-a-heart-attack, etc.
(On the other hand there's been some information on the list lately about the relative toxicity of various silver compounds, that AgNO3, for example is far worse than others. But some are saying the nitrate is not so likely in Stan's brew, and just what sort of other malady could be coming from such compounds?) At that appearance, with respect to the falling down or about-to-have-heart-attack I would imagine predominantly *one* of several possibilities: 1. Stan Jones may have some entirely different health problem that we could not know about. This caused him to stumble. 2. His blue gray appearance may have induced even the most objective in that audience to attach great significance to Stan's every move. So a slight wobble in the knee would become a stumble. 3. The poor guy was stumbling because he was in a fish bowl. It's been a little confusing that subsequent to the story Stan Jones did tell others on the list that his appearance is quite normal and the photos were doctored. Could it be that he has a normal kind of neurosis? Like 'I'm okay, you're okay.' Then there is the notion that other news media that picked up the original story went on to doctor the pictures. Or maybe they didn't like the colors with which their particular press was inking. So in the end it could be true that Stan is blue *and* the picture's colors were altered. I am imagining that when all is said and done, whether there may be 'an investigation' by news media, medical professionals or some combination thereof (more usual) that in a funny sort of way Stan Jones's case could provide some useful indication that ionic silver is harmless. In a fair and just world of objective editors, objective reporters, objective press operators and objective readers this would be what would pull the rug out from under the 'argument' of the CS detractors, but now I'm in fairy land. Will somebody tell me why I feel the need to apologize for this message? Suddenly what's going on is all too mind boggling. Reid, yearning for the bygone days of black and white photography -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. Instructions for unsubscribing may be found at: http://silverlist.org To post, address your message to: [email protected] Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
