| We are all dying. We are all condemned. So if you're going to use such emotional words, at least ground it in real-world examples. Here's a real-world example - https://www.livescience.com/4040-dying-desperate-lure-quack-... . People in the US in the last months of their lives, in desperation, go to Mexico for "treatment" by methods which have never ever worked. > One hospital we visited offered homeopathic treatments. (Homeopathy is a form of quack medicine essentially based on the mystical principle of "like cures like.") > Another, respectable-looking hospital offered such "alternative" treatments for cancer as shark cartilage, mega-doses of vitamins, and "prayer therapy." The hospital also offered Laetrile, a notorious cancer treatment discredited by repeated scientific studies. > ... Donsbach's clinic had a reputation for providing questionable medical procedures, including "ultraviolet blood purification," colonics (a potentially dangerous colon-irrigation therapy), and the use of microwaves to "heat" cancer cells. This is what you want, everywhere, yes? |