Hand Sanitizer = Stupid or Malicious?

I have been invited for a meal by one of those nice, wrong-minded people I spoke of in my political blog of Nov '11 .  They are really such nice people that I found myself accepting the offer.  This morning in the car,  my middle-school son, who was the hit of the last meal for his intelligent inquisitiveness, asked about the political reporting on the radio. I let fly with my ideology, along with notice of the meal plans.  Since then I have been thinking about whether I want to take up the political gauntlet (I'm still not sure if the hosts-to-be are clear how strongly opposed are our viewpoints).

Coincidentally, I was on the phone this morning with my mother while in the super-market today.  I noticed one of the newer instruments of mankind's-destruction now available to the general consumer: No-touch foam hand sanitizer . Turn your home into a hospital, the leading breeding ground for Multiple-Antibiotic-Resistant Staphylococcus, and other antibiotic resistant super-bacteria, and pass the gift on to all your little friends.  I tried to explain to my mother why this is such a bad idea, but, like most people, she just wasn't that interested. 

Yes, another analogy: This antimicrobial foam is a metaphor for short-sighted, selfish political goals in fiscal policy, health-care policy, environmental policy, etc.  If you look at the effect of wide-spread antimicrobial foam use,  from a broad perspective, it is clear that all research and common sense indicates these products are quite hazardous.  Now there will be a bell-curve distribution of people across the whole "do you use antimicrobial sanitizers?" spectrum.  I believe very few people are on the truly evil ends of the spectrum = "I do/don't use it because I want to spread disease around the earth."  There are some evil people obviously = the marketing geniuses and bigwigs, at the NICE manufacturers of home cleansing agents who have no reason to sue me for libel,  who came up with this bright idea to make a lot of money on people's misguided fears and best intentions. There are then a few more people, further toward the middle who act for purely selfish reason: "I have to protect myself first before worrying about others by using/not using this stuff." Then there are the great masses of people who want to do what's best, but don't see beyond the ads "WARNING: PROTECT YOUR FAMILY NOW OR YOU ARE A STUPID, BAD-PARENTING LOSER, and it's all so simple..."  

Now do I want to use this analogy at the table?  "...So tell me, are your views malicious, or merely ignorant?"