kjc> On Primetime Thurstay, an ABC News magazine, or whatever you call it, I kjc> became very upset at their story about "Alternative Medicine". .. kjc> And they are on a Holy Crusade against products like Cancema, and the kjc> people who make them. May they rott in HELL!!!!! .. kjc> All I can say is, WTF!!!!! kjc> Ok, I'm done with my rant. :)
Your rant is valid. I'd just love to hear another hundred million Americans starting to sing to the same tune. But don't forget the usual catch-phrase used by some drug dealers whenever they're busted - they say "I don't make people take this stuff - I'm just catering to an existing demand". Underneath the complex matrix of legal, social, economic and governmental factors, there's one single thing that keeps this corrupt medical status quo in place - public demand. The reason why mainstream medicine enjoys its Microsoft-like market dominance is the public demand for instant gratification - the desire to 'change and stay the same'. Or as Jello Biafra put it, "Give me convenience or give me death". [The Windows versus Linux scenario very closely mirrors the mainstream medicine versus alternative health one]. Amongst the alternatives, a common aspect of treatment is the need for clients to open themselves to some different ways of thinking and changes in lifestyle, and to accept a greater level of understanding of and responsibility for their health. People, on the whole, are simply not willing to do that past a certain superficial point. The resistance to change in thinking/lifestyle starts to approach the resistance to change of religion. For example, If there were thousands of formally documented cases of people being cured of cancer by, say, becoming Seventh Day Adventists, how many people would make the switch, and how many would choose to die instead? Every person who seeks the 'quick fix', the 'pill to make the problems go away for now', is voting to keep the existing corrupt medical establishment in place, and in effect sentencing their brothers and sisters to unnecessary risk of death and suffering. As for me, my wife and I routinely heal ourselves of any health conditions which may emerge. We haven't been to doctors in over 8 years, and sure don't anticipate ever going to them again. The drug companies will never get even a cent from us again. David _______________________________________________ Chat mailing list Chat at freenetproject.org http://lists.freenetproject.org/mailman/listinfo/chat
