I don’t think I’ve ever done this before. Here goes:
Sir, I believe you have been horribly irresponsible, and your arch and snarky response to being called out only underscores your irresponsibility.
“General Question” is not the forum for random unsubstantiated musings approaching Conspiracy Theories, with little respect for facts.
So, essentially you are agreeing that you are rambling on about topics you know nothing about, have no interest in researching, and refuse to discuss when challenged on facts?
You, essentially, are willing to disseminate misinformation about the medical products and healthcare industries?
When challenged on unsubstantiated or disproven assertion, you believe the appropriate response is meaningless snark?
You do a serious disservice to this message board. I would recommend you review the masthead before posting in the future.
And yes, Duke of York seems to be much more interested in polemic than addressing the actual subject of the thread. Well deserved Pitting, IMO.
Meanwhile, rather than clutter up the GQ thread further, I’ll respond to his snark here:
I wasn’t picking on you, I was politely suggesting that you pay closer attention to the rules of the GQ forum. I point out that a moderator essentially agreed with this opinion.
Posts 11 and 13 in that thread both directly address the OP’s question. Which of yours, in that thread, does the same?
No, you thicko, it is funny, because anyone who would take it seriously is a complete fucking idiot who needs a hefty dose of reality and to stop reading so many crappy conspiracy theory websites.
This guy appears to be your typical “WE CAN’T TRUST TEH DOCTORZ” nutcase, appealing to cases from decades ago and ignoring any pertinent evidence that applied in the meanwhile. He has no idea what he’s talking about, and his lack of information is pretty obvious to anyone with even a layman’s understanding.
Unrelated to his Hamness but related to medical misinformation, this week in Spanish newspapers: Ministry of Health to regulate homeopatic “medicines” like regular ones; about 2/3 of pharmacies sell homeopatic snake oil.
I would like to point out that I do not [blindly] trust doctors, medical products manufacturers, or their regulators. Trust is not the issue; information is.
We have all the information we could need to make rational decisions about our health care, and just about everything else, right at our fingers tips. There’s just no excuse for spreading misinformation. It just destroys the credibility of people who raise real concerns.
Hey - don’t pick on snake oil salesman - at least you get oil - I’m guess the homeopathic version contains 12X dilution of snake oil - or water as the rest of the world calls it.
Oh, I don’t blindly trust the medical establishment either. But I don’t blindly assume that whatever they support is wrong. And that’s what this guy’s error is. It’s like the typical “health warriors” - believe in anything, so long as the medical establishment doesn’t support it. Never mind evidence.
Damn straight. It’s gotten to the point that I become straight-up suspicious when I hear anyone saying “natural” as a good thing. Why? Because jackasses like Joe Mercola and Mike Adams have essentially poisoned the word when it comes to medicine, and if a site has “natural” in its name, it’s usually a pretty even bet just how thick the woo will be layed on.
It would be a better thing if we didn’t have 2/3 of pharmacies selling the stuff. Which means there’s also a lot of people buying the stuff. And my sister in law is far from the only doctor using the stuff…
The regulations are going to take into account (rephrased) “actual proof that they work” (amen, it would wipe them off our shelves) and also “the recommendations of the somethingsomething homeopatic association”, which appear to be pissed that some brands are labeling anything as “homeopatic” and “using inappropriate dilution techniques”.
Personally, I don’t think Duke of York goes far enough in his distrust of doctors and dental fluoride. It is well known that plaque is a figment of the liberal media and the dental industry to scare you into buying useless appliances and pastes.
Now, I’ve heard the arguments on both sides, and there is nothing to convince me of the need to brush your teeth. I got rid of my teeth at a young age because… I’m straight. Teeth are for gay people. That’s why fairies come and get them.
That’s a basic vBulletin feature. Right handy one. The blue button that is. Industrial waste drums are basic features of arguments of total alt-med twatbuckets.
