Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1999 12:16:09 -0800 (PST) From: Barry Meyers-Rice <bamrice@ucdavis.edu> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg499$foo@default> Subject: Medicinal uses of CP
> The oncologists told me there really was no hope of saving my life.
> Williams explained. "They said that they would try chemotherapy; if I
Etc., etc., etc., blah blah blah
Well, it had to happen sooner or later. Somebody has decided to make a
buck by claiming a tincture of Venus Flytrap will save lives. And what
better way than to claim, by anecdotal stories and hand-waving, that the
mighty demons of cancer and AIDS can be dispelled by "Carnivora." I've had
friends deal with these conditions, and I know that in terror people will
seize upon any far-fetched claim to get cured.
Shysters will do anything to make money. Sheesh.
Needless to say, anecdotes of "Williams" and others getting cured by
miracle tinctures do not constitute science. I have a vicious flu today,
but I'm not blaming the new french roast coffee blend I had at the coffee
house yesterday. The same with this anecdotal nonsense of a few people.
The crooks who try to make money off other people's fear get no sympathy
from me.
Barry Meyers-Rice
(NOT necessarily representing the ICPS or Carnivorous Plant Newsletter)
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