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British Chiropractors Drop Case Against Simon Singh
SJrX writes "Several sources are reporting that the British Chiropractic Association has dropped its lawsuit against famed writer Simon Singh. He had recently won a High Court ruling in his favour, but this had been open for appeal."
Also covered at The Independent
and at MacLeans. Singh had angered the chiropractors' trade group with his published claim that certain chiropractice treatments were "bogus."
The one that got me was their claims that they could cure colic.
Back pain? Sure, no problem.
Neck pain? Sometimes; depends on why the pain is there.
Shoulder pain? I'll even buy that one.
Colic? Often caused by gas, treated by moving the baby around. (Driving works, for some reason.)
But [Eddie Izzard] cracking the bones [/Eddie Izzard]??? Not so much.
I'm wondering how many chiropractically treated colic cases are going to wind up phsycially screwed up because of this... We won't know for another dozen years, tho.
I like you, Stuart. You're not like everyone else, here, at Slashdot.
The BCA still ruined his life for a good year or two. That's a wonderful deterrant against people with smaller bankrolls.
> So yeah, I used to think they're bogus.
They are. A massage therapist could helped you more and with less hocus-pocus.
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Hopefully this serves as a warning to other "slandered" groups that they had better have something more substantial than hurt feelings if they want to abridge someone's freedom of speech.
In what way did the BCA not get what they wanted? Singh's attitude went from 'you are ripoff artists' to 'please dont sue me'. The courts sided with the BCA. The eventual dropping of the case won't hurt them much, as far as I can tell. The chilling effect on critics, however, is more pronounced. Singh himself will likely not attempt this again without a legally obvious amount of evidence, which by the way, is impossible to ethically gather.
Several sources are reporting that the British Chiropractic Association has dropped its lawsuit against famed writer Simon Singh.
Now they've unwittingly made this the even more famed writer Simon Singh. Before this, I hadn't even heard of him. Sometimes it's smarter to let the writer write what he will then to have a high court make him look even better. Now their illusionary world looks even more like it is.
Probably not. Massage therapists work on muscles; I've never heard of one doing a spine adjustment. I, too, firmly believe 99% of chiroprators are full of shit, but the one thing they seem to do well is straighten the back... mostly they treat the symptom of back pain. But if the adjustment permanently removes the pain, I call that a cure, regardless of the quackery behind their methods.
I'd never go to a chiropractor, ever. I'd go to an orthopedic specialist that's a doctor of osteopathic medicene, though... but of course, their science IS science. There are many D.O. chief of surgeons and D.O.'s that run hospitals. I'd even go so far to say the D.O. is better than the M.D., as far as the skill of the healer is concerned... just not as popular.
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Thats put those stupid Quacks in their place. Glad it's over, it was distracting me from ridiculing homeopathy. http://www.1023.org.uk/
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The fundamental theory of Chiropractic is quackery. The fact that the process of applying the theory is sometimes theraputic is not a good enough reason to excuse the basis for the practice. I believe that in some cases, where Dr.s of Chiropractic have repeatedly "manipulated" folks in an attempt to cure illness, people have become seriously injured or died. I wouldn't trust the scientific objectivity of nutritional advice from someone who believes in Chiropractic theory.