Deja Vu all over again!

Liam Proven lproven at gmail.com
Fri Jul 1 12:12:12 UTC 2011


On 1 July 2011 12:57, Ben Darby <bendarb at gmail.com> wrote:
> * Liam Proven (lproven at gmail.com) wrote:
>> On 1 July 2011 07:31, Jordon Bedwell <jordon at envygeeks.com> wrote:
>> > On 07/01/2011 01:23 AM, Ric Moore wrote:
>> >
>> >> Heh, I certainly believe in acupuncture and bee stings for relief for
>> >> arthritis, as they have worked for me. Millions of others do too... but
>> >> they're all just ~gullible~ Chinese, who will shortly own us all.
>> >
>> > I've only been to the chiropractor once and I've done acupuncture once too
>> > and each time I walked out of the place feeling ready to take on the entire
>> > world.  Especially with the chiropractor because he certainly showed me that
>> > my back really was messed up from sitting improperly in my chair for so long
>> > everyday, I didn't even know it was messed up until I I could the
>> > difference.
>>
>> It wasn't messed up. Chiropractors are charlatans; all backs creak
>> like that, it's normal. I am sure most believer fervently in what they
>> do, but it's bogus.
>>
>> Acupuncture cures nothing, *but* the transient placebo effect does
>> provide pain relief. Needles stuck in at random will do this, though,
>> as will fake needles, sugar pills and saline injections. It's just
>> flim-flam. All the stuff about "meridians" and "qi" is nonsense.
>
> And you're concerned about people spreading misinformation...

I can produce solid evidence that these statements are true. They are
objective, demonstrable fact.

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