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Subject: Re: [DNA] Spencer Wells - Stephen Colbert (Tuesday)
Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2007 12:21:29 -0400
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Sharon,
Anyone watching a program on Comedy Central does so -- or should do so -- with
the expectation that they shouldn't take *anything* said or done there
seriously. IMO, the fact that Colbert could joke about his own DNA testing on
network television goes a long way towards relieving the public's fears and
anxieties about DNA testing, and that is a plus for all of us.
Diana
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: On Behalf Of Sharon Bryant
> Sent: Friday, August 17, 2007 10:34 AM
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> Subject: Re: [DNA] Spencer Wells - Stephen Colbert (Tuesday)
>
> Diana,
>
> >>That doesn't mean some of the things said on them aren't true, it just
> >>means you have to already know they're true, or you can't tell the facts
> >>from the jokes.<<
>
> From my viewpoint this is the problem (quote above). We have all encountered
> people who won't test because they're afraid they will lose their identities,
that
> adverse medical information will be divulged, and any number of other reasons.
>
> On the other hand, I have people who have been very generous because they
> are interested in their ancestry but who haven't a clue what I'm talking
> about when I point them towards a comparison chart or try to explain why
> someone is/is not related to them.
>
> If they don't know what is the truth when they are watching this type of
> program/comedy skit they won't recognize it as humor (is it really funny?)
>
> Sharon Bryant
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