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<DIV><SPAN class=436093314-17032003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Actually, I have to agree with Robert on this one. Chiropractic _is_ a
dangerous religious cult.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=436093314-17032003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Like
all cults, chiropractic mixes some good and some bad. The good part is that
their practitioners are often better at fixing people's backs than the
mainstream competition: what Western medicine calls, um, osteopathic surgery.
When your back starts hurting suddenly, you think "chiropracter", not "emergency
room".</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=436093314-17032003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>The
bad part is their utterly unproven and unprovable claim that proper alignment is
a panacea. And their refusal to subordinate themselves to the medical
establishment permits poorly trained specialists (quacks?) to flourish
unchecked.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=436093314-17032003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>However, as a proud member of another "dangerous religious cult", I feel
chiropractic should be treated gently in the Wikipedia, not subject to tirades
or POV venting. Let's just say that certain advocates are suspicious or
dismissive of chiropractic's claims.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=436093314-17032003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Uncle
Ed</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Zoe
[mailto:zoecomnena@yahoo.com]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, March 15, 2003 9:33
PM<BR><B>To:</B> WikiEN-l@wikipedia.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> [WikiEN-l] RK and
[[Chipractic]]<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<P>RK has gone on a tirade against the [[Chiropratic]] article, and is trying
to make it out to be a dangerous religious cult (yes, he has said that).
In my attempts at trying to make his changes more NPOV, he's accusing me of
vandalism, the usual canard issued by anyone who disagrees with someone else's
changes.</P>
<P>Would someone with another eye please view both RK's and my changes and let
me know if I'm out of line? I never had a particular point of view on
the subject until seeing the attacks RK is making on it.</P>
<P>Zoe</P></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>