Not a Joke

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Ian --

 

I've not said anything about your FL legislation yet because I've had

basically the same kind of reaction to it that I had when I got an email a

few weeks ago about similar legislation that has already passed in my state

putting all alternative healthcare under the regulatory auspices of the

anti-alternative healthcare establishment. That is, near as I can recall

that's what the email said. I was so appalled, disgusted, shocked,

frightened, dismayed, depressed, and so forth that I couldn't actually

focus completely on the message, and didn't even keep it. I think that

reaction is usually referred to as *denial.* <g>.

 

It's a most interesting phenomenon. As millions of Americans are flocking

to alternative healthcare providers -- partly because they're disgusted

with how they're treated in mainstream medicine, and even more because

they're not getting BETTER with mainstream medicine -- the powers that be

either do what they can to co-opt or shut down alternative medicine.

 

I have hope, at least for the long term. I don't think it'll be possible

for the AMA and pharmaceuticals to stomp out the grassroots efforts and

interest on the part of the American public. In the short term, things

could get hairy.

 

One of the truly unfortunate things about state government is that its

goings on are not well covered in any public news medium. Too often not

covered AT ALL. There are probably hundreds of thousands of people in your

state who would be very angry about this -- but they need to know about it

first. Your efforts to broadcast it via the internet are a good start.

Beyond that, it's my hope you'll become even more activist and work with

whatever existing interested groups, healthfood store owners and employees,

alternative healthcare providers, etc. you can reach.

 

In the meantime, I most definitely share your dismay and alarm.

 

Best,

 

Patricia

 

 

At 06:33 PM 4/20/00 -0400, you wrote:

> Let me make myself perfectly clear. The bill before the Florida Senate

>is not a joke. I distinctly mentioned Complete_Nonsense as a " list " . I sent

>a CC to my other list I run which is Complete_Nonsense and I received a few

>private queries as to what the hell that list was

> I simply went public with my other list Complete_Nonsense. My own

>future and current operations could be annihilated by this

>piece of sadistic governmental garbage. Ian