[WikiEN-l] RK and [[Chipractic]]

[Poor, Edmund W]

Actually, I have to agree with Robert on this one. Chiropractic _is_ a dangerous religious cult.
 
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".
 
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.
 
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.
 
Uncle Ed

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From: Zoe [mailto:zoecomnena at yahoo.com]
Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2003 9:33 PM
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Subject: [WikiEN-l] RK and [[Chipractic]]



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.

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.

Zoe

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