So you’re saying that it is okay for you to post incorrect infomation because you are deaf?
handy, please forgive my ignorance and boldness in asking, but would you be willing to fully participate in a thread about being fully deaf and how it impacts your daily life?
I’m asking because maybe this would be an opportunity for you to help us understand how this impacts your posting style. I’m wondering if it is similar to someone who is a native speaker of another language attempting to communicate in English.
On the one hand, I keep thinking that you “think” in English, so how could you have a difficulty conveying your thoughts in a written medium, and on the other hand I’m wondering if you “think” in sign language. I really am curious about this.
No, they want you to provide facts and non-misleading information. What being inable to do so has to do with deafness is beyond me. :rolleyes:
(Yes, mods, I know this sort of post should be in the Pit, but it’s handy who refuses to read and acknowledge posts directed to him there; so I’m doing it here. Mea culpa.)
If you give someone incorrect medical advice and they follow it and they die from it, what would that make you?
You’re dangerous, bud.
We’ve had other deaf posters here and they don’t post wrong information. I haven’t got a problem with your style, Handy. I’ve got a problem with your content. I’m still appalled by what you posted recently in a thread about OCD. It was wrong, judgemental and potentially very damaging to anyone who believed you.
Some medical questions and even advice are acceptable on this board. One might say, “My mother was diagnosed with PSP… does anyone know what that means or where I can find out more about it?” One might get helpful replies to that (and some bullshit, but that’s par for the course). Diagnosing this poster’s mother based on symptoms described on the message board would be iffy. If one were to offer an anecdote about PSP, that would probably be okay as long as it were clear that it was a personal experience and not medical advice.
Hearing from others with similar experiences can be very helpful in pointing someone in the right direction to do more research. We hope that our readers are critical thinkers. As always, the best course is to ask your medical provider for help. If you have symptoms, don’t expect an anonymous person on a message board to diagnose or recommend treatment for you. And other posters - physicians/medical experts or not - should not diagnose or treat anyone sight unseen. Certainly NO ONE should ever generically recommend or believe anyone who broadly recommends “antibiotics” for a described malady on this board. It’s not that simple.
Sometimes there are grey areas, but I think the moderators are pretty good at sorting out what is acceptable and what is not in this area. - Jill
Green Bean, what information are you referring to? No, it’s not acceptable to give out known incorrect information no matter who you are. If you are referring to using antibiotics for bronchitis, go back to that message on the board, you’ll see several people who said that is an acceptable treatment & is not incorrect information. Plus, if you come to see me, I’d be more than happy to visit the doctor & show you my charts.
mornea, I have already discussed deafness here. The reason I write in english is because I’m a post lingually late deafened adult. That’s pretty self descriptive.
Montfort, if you have read the board you would have found that people here almost never agree on what a ‘fact’ is. Ask 100 people here a factual definition of ‘love’ you’ll get a 100 answers, which one is right? Is it the one that Montfort gives? Then the other 99% are incorrect. Who wins? No one.
Primaflora, I don’t agree with your assessment of my OCD information. I have read more about OCD than anyone I know personally & if you don’t like what I say, tough cookies, I would of course, be more than happy to clarify anything about OCD you find that I have posted is Primaflora-incorrect.
jab1, No one has died from anything I ever wrote. Read the rules, there is nothing about giving medical advice, just reading it. jab1 perhaps you should not read any medical-subject books at all because you could die of a mis-print 
A factual definition of love?
Please, handy. If that’s the way you’re countering arguments, you’d better just give it a rest. You got your answer. You may not agree with it, but them’s the breaks.
And I suggest that people who want to take issue with handy and his postings do so in the correct forum. The Pit.
But handy says he never goes to the Pit, so what would be the point?
OK handy.
I’m starting a thread in IMHO. I’d like you to back up your assumption from this thread.
“Im still under the assumption that ocd comes from the folks, either learned or genetic.”
You said this in a thread about OCD a while back and never came back to defend or explain your assumption that parents can teach OCD.
Nope. If you log off the board you can then read the registration agreement in full – or even copy it to your computer, which is what I did, in case I ever wanted to read it again.
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Green Snot does not equal Need For Antibiotics.
Green snot may be an indication that a there is a bacterial infection present. One treatment for bacterial infections is antibiotics.
What about this do you not understand?
[[Green snot may be an indication that a there is a bacterial infection present. One treatment for bacterial infections is antibiotics.]]
…and not just any antibiotic. There are specific antibiotics for specific infections, taken for a specific duration of time. And they won’t do any good if the infection is viral.
I think I’ll change my user name to Green Snot.
If you put a green bean up your nose you might end up with green snot, and antibiotics wouldn’t cure that. From this we can infer that there is no effective antibiotic for Green Bean.
Or maybe Need For Antibiotics?
BWAHAHAHAHA!
An oldie, but a perfect 10 for timing! 
Mother always told me to eat my greens. I’m now re-evaluating that advice in the wake of developments, although I do feel Green Bean deserves credit for the invention of a new speciality dish: Mucous-cous.
It could fly !
“And they won’t do any good if the infection is viral.”
Okay, antibiotics don’t have any effect on viruses. Fine with me; but you can get a secondary bacterial bronchital infection that requires them. Frankly, I would like to close this whole thing up, so I have asked Mr. Mercotan if he has ever prescribed antibiotics for someone with bronchitis. If he answers ‘no’ then I’ll take the arrows slung my way; but if he answers ‘yes’ then my statement has a ring of truth to it & the issue for me is done.
PS: I gave up the Pit when I gave up childish things.
But taking responsibility for one’s actions is the adult thing to do. And the only legitimate place for a poster to ask you to do that is the Pit.