On 1 Dec 97 at 19:12, Marsha wrote: > > >Get down off your high horse, and, if you`re not willing to give CS > > >a proper scientific trial, at least be quiet. MH > > All I'm asking is for you to provide > > evidence in the form of a "proper scientific trial", that the > > statements you make are anything other than advertisers' hype.
Who is saying there *were* any proper scientific trials? > Now, I`d be delighted if someone would do a proper double-blind > scientific study of CS. Maybe then the truth, one way or the > other, would come out. But I`ll just bet it`ll never happen, > because the money-grubbing pharmaceutical companies can`t make any > money off of it. The recipe for pharmaceutical company profit protection: Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt. Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt. Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt. Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt... Oh, and don't forget equal parts of: Lie, Ignore, and Hide... > > I first became interested in "alternative medicine" when I > > coincidently encountered some absolutely preposterous statements > > about colloidal silver the same week that I met someone who was > > suffering negative consequences from using "electrocolloidal > > silver". Preposterous statements are easy enough to find. And people like this assume that nobody else is smart enough to see through them. Just what "negative consequences" could these be? (chanting: Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt! Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt!) > > I looked up the legitimate sounding "references" > > that were used to support the advertising hype and discovered that > > they were quite misrepresented. JX One has to look long and hard to find good independent references, and they're obliquely related to our use, at best. The rest come from people who are selling something, and vary from misleading, to incompetent, to a few *very* good sources to be found if you look for them! Okay. So I'm not a rocket scientist. How come *I* can see the obvious and don't need the good doctor "JX" to interpret reality for me? > Ok, here is what happened to me ... > After 5 1/2 years, and 50 of the 60 symptoms listed in the books, > and severe depression, I prayed for help. It came in the form of > CS. After 3 days of taking it, I noticed the joint pains were > easing, and I could close my jaw again. By one week, my mind was > clear again. Now I could think of something to say, and have it > come out of my mouth clearly. By a month, I felt better than I had > in years. I could walk, do housework, and garden... And, so, in the admitted absence of animal studies, extensive clinical trials, and detailed research into mechanisms of efficacy -- and the multi-million, no, multi-billion dollar budgets required -- we face the dreaded *anecdotal* *evidence*. That's all we claim. We ask for no faith, nor trust, but only a rational, skeptical, and open mind. Good work, Marsha! God Bless! Mike [Mike Devour, Citizen, Patriot, Libertarian] [[email protected] ] [Speaking only for himself... ]
