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
-----Original Message-----
From: Zoe [mailto:zoecomnena@yahoo.com]
Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2003 9:33 PM
To: WikiEN-l(a)wikipedia.org
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