BRAVO! Mike D. You have the patience of a saint. Michael
> ***CONCLUSIONS*** > > The identity confusion in this message leaves me unsure whether > [email protected] and Peter Crowcroft are the same person, and > in any case just who the expert "poida" consulted is and what his > qualifications really are. > > Peter Crowcroft exhibits a healthy skepticism which I applaud. His > assessment of the state of the CS "art" and commercial marketing > agree with mine to a great degree. Where we obviously part company is > his conclusion that "alternative" necessarily equates to "bad", and > that anecdote does not qualify as evidence. > > To [email protected]: If you want to stick around and feel you > have constructive and worthwhile information or expertise to > contribute that will *help* us to learn more about colloidal silver > -- how best to make it and test it, how to measure its effectiveness, > how it does what it does -- and to discern fact from hyperbole in CS > marketing, then you will be welcome. > > We are joined together on the silver-list by our curiosity and > fascination with a material that stubbornly refuses to yield to the > mainstream's view of its usefulness. > > This list is *not* here to promote any product. A few of our members > have a commercial interest in colloidal silver, but the majority, me > included, do not. Rather, we are trying to help each other and those > who come here to make an informed decision about this over-hyped, > little-understood alternative. > > The general consensus is that we have too damned much > positive personal experience and reported anecdotes to allow us to > just reject colloidal silver. If we can learn more about it, and > perhaps encourage the industry to be more realistic in its claims, > then what we're doing here is worthwhile. > > If, as you indicate above, you agree that there is little risk of > agyria from CS, then I hope you would not want to discourage us from > sharing as much valid information as we can. It's good for people to > be able to learn about the lower cost and higher quality options > available, and to identify the myths and misconceptions being spread > by the industry. > > I got interested in colloidal silver because of people who said that > it worked for them, who were not trying to sell me anything. I > learned enough to make an informed judgement that it would not hurt > me to try it. It seems to have done me some good, so my personal > testimony joins the body of anecdotal evidence. > > Now I help run this list so that folks like me can have a safe, > welcoming place to share information, discuss their experiments and > describe their results. Everything I wrote above is just my personal > opinion derived from many months of association with the people of > this community, and my limited personal experience and > experimentation. > > Earlier, I reposted the FAQ and the list rules. If you are willing to > abide by these, then welcome aboard. In any case I wish Peter > Crowcroft, (and you as well, if you are not him) continued health and > prosperity. > > Be well, > > Mike Devour > silver-list owner > > Disclaimer: > > I, MICHAEL DEVOUR, DISCLAIM ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE USE OR MISUSE > OF THE INFORMATION, INCLUDING LINKS, PROVIDED ON THIS LIST. EVERY > INDIVIDUAL SHOULD OBTAIN COMPETENT MEDICAL ADVICE BEFORE USING THIS > INFORMATION. THIS FREE INFORMATION HAS NOT BEEN VERIFIED BY ME AND IS > PROVIDED SOLELY FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES TO INDIVIDUALS INTERESTED > IN THESE TOPICS. > > [Mike Devour, Citizen, Patriot, Libertarian] > [[email protected] ] > [Speaking only for myself... ] > > -- > The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. > > To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: > [email protected] -or- [email protected] > with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. > > To post, address your message to: [email protected] > > List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]> -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: [email protected] -or- [email protected] with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. To post, address your message to: [email protected] List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
