Although I hope you don't immediately form a bad opinion of someone simply if they say they are moderate. If they're showing all the other symptoms of being an idiot, okay, but I'm hoping you at least give people a chance to show they're that 10%
It's rarely an issue, the type I dislike tend to show up like a lighthouse, and I usualy give the benefit of the doubt. This was, as advertised, a rant, so there were specific circumstances that set it off which I won't further bore people with.
On the "herbal remedies", I agree that people should definitely still see their doctors!! But herbal remedies sometimes do have much to offer. My mom is presently taking an herbal "remedy" for her menopause symptoms and it's working very well for her. My #1 cure for most mild illnesses tends to be tea (since why go into the doctor for the flu? they'll just tell you to go home and rest.) and it works wonderfully for me. If there is a legitimate reason behind a herbal remedy, then I don't see why it should be avoided like a plague. That being said, these idiots trying to sell water with almost trace amounts of some random rock totally need to be stoned. But on the whole, I do not find conventional medicine and natural medicine to be incompatible. It just takes a bit more work.
Most drugs have some sort of herbal or folklore origin, I also take tea when I have the flu... since dehydration is the major problem there, most doctors, if you have cold or flu will say "Drink lots of fluids, water, tea, juice, soup... and get lots of rest" Tea is no magic cure for cold or flu, but hydration really helps, and if you prefer tea, well, go for it, many do have other advantages, I've drank chamomille to fall asleep for years, but this has been evaluated by scientists, no guru is hawking it's spiritual powers to me, and I suspect most of it is a matter of placebo effect, the smell relaxes me, but I don't sneer at aspirin because it happens to be made of willow bark.
While I agree the snake-oil salesman need to be stoned, these days it is worth pointing out that most of them already are.
Herbal remedies have their place... which is being reviewed by science to see if they are just placebos or do something, and a lot of times 'something' is being massively toxic. One of the first rules in survival training is kill animals and eat them, because few animals are toxic but an awful lots of plants are.
The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift.
- Albert Einstein
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- Albert Einstein
King of Cairhien 20-7-2
Chancellor of the Landsraad, Archduke of Is'Mod
Moderates, Idiots, Apathy, and Mass Hysteria – A post-holiday rant
06/01/2010 04:51:41 PM
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Re: Moderates, Idiots, Apathy, and Mass Hysteria – A post-holiday rant
06/01/2010 05:06:33 PM
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Re: Moderates, Idiots, Apathy, and Mass Hysteria – A post-holiday rant
06/01/2010 05:12:47 PM
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I generally agree with you
06/01/2010 06:10:45 PM
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Re: I generally agree with you
06/01/2010 07:11:22 PM
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you should sneer at asprin anyways *NM*
06/01/2010 07:55:29 PM
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It's the whole 'natural' thingy...
06/01/2010 08:14:45 PM
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if there was a berry i could stick up my nose...
06/01/2010 08:17:00 PM
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When spring rolls around again I'd probably join you
06/01/2010 08:42:05 PM
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well, just as a note to life expectency
06/01/2010 09:55:12 PM
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I dunno, I tend to prefer moderates above partisans.
06/01/2010 06:29:27 PM
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That's not really a moderate though
06/01/2010 06:51:05 PM
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This was a fun post to read.
06/01/2010 07:52:46 PM
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One tries one's best
06/01/2010 08:28:08 PM
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Jindal is well meaning, but he's a horrible governor.
06/01/2010 09:29:57 PM
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So I presume he is republican?
06/01/2010 09:56:42 PM
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He was seriously talked around for the 2012 pres bid
07/01/2010 01:05:35 AM
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you're not wrong
07/01/2010 01:11:17 AM
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It sounds harsh but sometimes cutbacks help
07/01/2010 02:58:24 AM
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That's true, but as LL said, the balance is completely off.
07/01/2010 05:30:56 AM
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But you already have insane amounts of people in jail.
07/01/2010 11:22:19 PM
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The higher crime rate in the US is something of a different issue
08/01/2010 08:26:00 PM
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I disagree with about 70-80% of what you said, but I don't have time ATM to go through it all
07/01/2010 02:00:02 AM
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I am unsure whether to be impressed or offended (and this necro is your own fault. )
05/02/2012 02:37:54 PM
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