Posted by Alan on December 6, 2002, at 22:17:57
In reply to Re: About Benzo's and positivism: » Alan, posted by Squiggles on December 6, 2002, at 21:03:03
> Cute -- but it won't fly; i have many problems
> in my life and i don't expect your advice to
> do me any good; nor do i believe that you have
> any particular interest in benefitting anybody's
> health here. My doctor, who is sympathetic
> with the Ashton school, and who teaches at the
> best university in Canada, provides adequate
> assistance; i'm sorry that it does not fit
> into your school of thought. I suggest you
> find someone else to set up for your cause.
>
> Squiggles
>
>==============================================
Set up? If others were judging for themselves, as perhaps they are, they may be assuming a bit of paranoia about the whole thing. I'm not here to necessarily help or "convert" you in particular if that is implied by your comments.
I would associate the term "cause" in this context with evangilising, polarisation, and ideology. If, as I have on many occasions here, posted encouragement to those that have positive experiences and good reactions to ANY medication that works for them and I'm able to provide some self-affirming hope in the face of negativism that I see posted about what amounts to problems created by misinformed or lazy physicians, profit motive in place of compassion, or in this case, "informational" websites that use half-truths as their calling card, well then, I may very well be guilty.
Really, we've been 'round about Ashton and the misuse by the anti-benzo lobby of her "commentary" and resultant speculative rhetoric on other's scientific research about bzd use (in the abscence of her own published scientific research). But as I said earlier, I'll dance as long as you want. I just thought that all that kind of silliness about the subject had been relegated to a disagree to disagree status.
It's begining to look a lot like arguing in public and that breaks one of my cardinal rules of engagement : ^ )
Best,
Alan
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