On 3/10/2012 12:27 PM, Nickname unavailable wrote:
> conservatives are to stupid to understand that prescription drugs can
> have dual uses like birth control:science is improving no matter how
> many are hung as witches by conservatives:conservatism is
> treatable:Blood pressure pill treats racism
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http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/WeirdNews/2012/03/09/19481426.html?cid=rssnewsweird%20news
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> Blood pressure pill may ease racism: Study
> By QMI Agency
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> A common prescription drug used to treat high blood pressure may also
> curb racist thoughts, a new U.K. study suggests.
> University of Oxford researchers found people who took the drug
> propranolol showed less implicit racism — automatic, subconscious bias
> — than those who took a placebo.
> Half of study participants were given the drug and the other half
> received a placebo. They were given prejudice tests before, during and
> after taking the pills. Participants were asked to quickly categorize
> positive and negative words with the faces of back and white people.
> Although just 36 white men and women took part in the study, it
> provides new evidence about the processes in the brain that shape
> implicit racial bias, co-author Sylvia Terbeck said.
So now there is a pill to cure RACISM?
Better get that one out to all the Liberals so they can make some
decisions without using race to base ALL their decisions on.
They need to have a CHOICE as whether they want to continue to be racists.
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