Guest guest Posted April 28, 2002 Report Share Posted April 28, 2002 Hi, All This seems to be quite pertinent and of value, so here it is. Morton http://www.quackwatch.com/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/spotquack.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 29, 2002 Report Share Posted April 29, 2002 A few points. I joined a chat-list created by the Quackbusters, and because I questioned Barrett's assertions, was, summarily (no warning, no second chance) thrown off the list by Barrett himself. I invite anyone to examine my posts to Barrett's website (assuming he hasn't destroyed them), and to make their own judgment, concerning whether I deserved to be denied access to chat. Other listers on the Quack site, actually sent posts to me, privately, expressing sympathy with my views, and, in one instance, told me to be very careful about what I posted, so as to avoid dismissal. The more carefully you read his notions, the more exaggerated and unbalanced they seem. He's a clever propagandist, selling half truths to the very people he claims are gullible victims of alternative medicine. Most telling of all, are the choices of " jeers " (negative posts to the Quackwatcher site) Barrett selects, while, taking credit for, and pretending that he's providing, more opposition letters than letters praising his views, in an effort to convince his readers of his impartiality. But even a cursory examination of the choice of " jeer " posts, reveal that Barrett has carefully and systematically selected posts against him, that are badly written, and are full of excessive emotion, and offensive language. It's regrettable that there aren't more alt-med professionals willing to communicate and defend their healing methods, and their views about the Quackbusters. There is as much quackery, treachery, deceit and greed in alternative medicine as their is in conventional medicine; which is what makes Barrett's pitch so seductive, while at the same moment, so hypocritical and unbalanced, so slavish to his pet medical orthodoxies. - " Morton Bodanis " <mortonmb " getting well " Sunday, April 28, 2002 3:58 PM Quacks and Vitamin Pushers > Hi, All > I thought that this is pertinent and important, so here it is. > Morton > > http://www.quackwatch.com/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/spotquack.html > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 29, 2002 Report Share Posted April 29, 2002 I have read parts of that site in the past. It is a pretty volatile site. - John Polifronio Gettingwell Sunday, April 28, 2002 8:46 PM Re: Quacks and Vitamin Pushers A few points. I joined a chat-list created by the Quackbusters, and because I questioned Barrett's assertions, was, summarily (no warning, no second chance) thrown off the list by Barrett himself. I invite anyone to examine my posts to Barrett's website (assuming he hasn't destroyed them), and to make their own judgment, concerning whether I deserved to be denied access to chat. Other listers on the Quack site, actually sent posts to me, privately, expressing sympathy with my views, and, in one instance, told me to be very careful about what I posted, so as to avoid dismissal. The more carefully you read his notions, the more exaggerated and unbalanced they seem. He's a clever propagandist, selling half truths to the very people he claims are gullible victims of alternative medicine. Most telling of all, are the choices of " jeers " (negative posts to the Quackwatcher site) Barrett selects, while, taking credit for, and pretending that he's providing, more opposition letters than letters praising his views, in an effort to convince his readers of his impartiality. But even a cursory examination of the choice of " jeer " posts, reveal that Barrett has carefully and systematically selected posts against him, that are badly written, and are full of excessive emotion, and offensive language. It's regrettable that there aren't more alt-med professionals willing to communicate and defend their healing methods, and their views about the Quackbusters. There is as much quackery, treachery, deceit and greed in alternative medicine as their is in conventional medicine; which is what makes Barrett's pitch so seductive, while at the same moment, so hypocritical and unbalanced, so slavish to his pet medical orthodoxies. - " Morton Bodanis " <mortonmb " getting well " Sunday, April 28, 2002 3:58 PM Quacks and Vitamin Pushers > Hi, All > I thought that this is pertinent and important, so here it is. > Morton > > http://www.quackwatch.com/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/spotquack.html > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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