Posted by akc on January 11, 2002, at 7:02:17
In reply to Re: Supposed Proof of Her Claims?.... » Cam W., posted by IsoM on January 11, 2002, at 1:44:02
> Think of a law court where one person is raving at the judge, always interupting & speaking out of term while the other side keeps calm & unruffled. Which side seems to others to be the sensible side & who gets the judge's & jurors' sympathy. Remember, the old tired cliché "You catch more flies with honey than vinegar" is really true. I *don't* want falsehood to win the argument.
The thing is that in a court of law, you have to have some basis for entering evidence. Even in a dueling experts case, there has to be some basis in science for the expert (in 99% of courts -- there is always the exception where some judge has let in some testimony that is out in left field, but is the exception not the rule).
My concern, and the reason for my earlier post, is that so many of these posts are a combination of touting unproven methods of treatment while throwing out methods that have been shown to help a lot of people (note - I did not say all, nor has any drug company in its research that I have read). People like me found this board when we are in a desperate place -- if I was in a good spot, I wouldn't have been looking for new meds and searching the net about them. And desperate people do desperate things, sometimes with horrible consequences. Unfortunately, with the illnesses that we suffer, one of the symptoms can be impaired judgment. So it is imparitive that someone at times play big brother. Be it others on this board trying to debunk these supposed methods of treatment, or better yet, Dr. Bob reining in these claims. How he does that, I am not quite sure, but having people post that you cannot trust your doctors or the medications you are taking, but instead you need to quit everything you are doing and take (expensive) "nutritional" supplements -- someone could die. Not crying wolf here -- someone going off their meds could become horribly depressed and suicidal. I think Cam and others could back this statement up with some pretty clear research.
It is a scary thing going on right now on the board. And it saddens me. Makes me not want to be part of it. And it would further sadden me if we lose someone like Cam. I hope Cam, that you won't go -- take a breather, but stick around.
akc
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