# Charles R. Smith MD (rot in Hell you arrogant prick) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 31, 2011, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charles-r-smith-md-rot-in-hell-you-arrogant-prick/569721 "2011-01-31T23:42:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Labrador\_Deceiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Labrador\_Deceiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labrador_Deceiver)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2011, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charles-r-smith-md-rot-in-hell-you-arrogant-prick/569721/41 "2011-02-07T14:58:04Z")
I don’t get it. A couple of people came in here and called El Presidente a piece of shit for an opinion that he didn’t even express. Then , everybody decided to pile on him, rather than the idiots who called him out. I can totally understand why he’d get upset, even if he did go a little overboard. ETA: It occurs to me that some of the vitriol may be carried over from other exchanges. If I’m casting my lot in with someone who has some sort of bad reputation on the boards, I’m doing so out of ignorance. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2011, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charles-r-smith-md-rot-in-hell-you-arrogant-prick/569721/42 "2011-02-07T15:08:53Z")
His opinion, as I understood it, was that everyone should cut Smith a little slack, because “hey, who hasn’t ruined the lives of a few grieving parents?” But yes, it’s probably mostly from other threads. ---
**Author:** ![Labrador\_Deceiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Labrador\_Deceiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labrador_Deceiver)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2011, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charles-r-smith-md-rot-in-hell-you-arrogant-prick/569721/43 "2011-02-07T15:15:30Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > His opinion, as I understood it, was that everyone should cut Smith a little slack, because “hey, who hasn’t ruined the lives of a few grieving parents?” He was being sarcastic. > [@](#): > > But yes, it’s probably mostly from other threads. Thanks for the heads-up. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2011, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charles-r-smith-md-rot-in-hell-you-arrogant-prick/569721/44 "2011-02-07T15:20:49Z")
He seems to have had plenty of opportunity to say he was joking but didn’t actually do so. ---
**Author:** ![Labrador\_Deceiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Labrador\_Deceiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labrador_Deceiver)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2011, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charles-r-smith-md-rot-in-hell-you-arrogant-prick/569721/45 "2011-02-07T15:25:32Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > He seems to have had plenty of opportunity to say he was joking but didn’t actually do so. Fair point. I just fail to see how his statement could be taken at face value, though I suppose it’s possible. ---
**Author:** ![McReady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee59a6/32.png) [@McReady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/McReady)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2011, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charles-r-smith-md-rot-in-hell-you-arrogant-prick/569721/46 "2011-02-07T15:44:09Z")
Getting back to the OP: Yikes. I’d want to kill him, if I were one of those parents. Even if a doctor is highly competent and completely honest, there’s something wrong with one expert’s testimony carrying so much weight that the defense doesn’t even have their own expert review the evidence. ---
**Author:** ![Plan\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Plan\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plan_B)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2011, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charles-r-smith-md-rot-in-hell-you-arrogant-prick/569721/47 "2011-02-16T03:46:20Z")
> [@KarlGauss](#): > > Other than war criminals, it’s hard to think of any doctor who’s caused as much suffering and misery as has this sorry excuse for a man. No it’s easy if you know about John R. Brinkley. He may have been responsible for thousands of deaths, not only of people who he killed by using unsterilized equipment, but also the countless patients who tried his insane methods instead of real treatments. ---
**Author:** ![Nancarrow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c37758/32.png) [@Nancarrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nancarrow)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2011, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charles-r-smith-md-rot-in-hell-you-arrogant-prick/569721/48 "2011-02-17T16:14:26Z")
Without actually having read up on this Charles Smith guy, or knowing any more about him than what I’ve learned in this thread, it seems he’s Canada’s answer to our very own [Roy Meadow](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Meadow). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charles-r-smith-md-rot-in-hell-you-arrogant-prick/569721.md?page=2)