I hope so.
If evidence and reason cannot end homeopathy, the law will. – Andy Lewis
However, like a zombie from a low-budget horror movie returning to eat our brains, homeopathic “medicines” are likely to be repackaged and sold to the public; greed is a great motivator and can triumph over ethics.
Article by Kulvinder Singh Matharu – 2012
TheraminTrees has done a couple of videos on how we interact with death. I’d previously linked to Part 1.
Here’s Part 2:
Article by Kulvinder Singh Matharu – 2012
Very interesting video from TheraminTrees on how humans interact with death:
Article by Kulvinder Singh Matharu – 2012
I’d already written about threats from Christians and Christianity. Recently I’ve noticed a surge in blogs articles regarding threats from Muslims and Islam; I’ve collated these here.
Let this be clear though; criticism of Islam is not racist, just as criticism of Israel is not anti-Semitic, although it is probably in the best interests of certain organisations and groups to conflate such ideas. I will criticise all religions and the religious where they come into conflict with ideals such as reason, rationality, freedom, equality and justice. History has shown that religions will suppress such ideals through use and abuse of whatever powers and controls they have. Christianity has abused and committed atrocities in the past, its holy book full of violence and injustice, but Christianity has largely been neutered and is now merely a nuisance. Islam needs to be similarly neutered; their atrocities, their abuses, their unreason, must be highlighted. It is true that the vast majority of Muslims are peaceful and just want to live a life of peace, to love their children, in a world where there are many struggles to overcome, just like people the world over. Unfortunately, other Muslims are carrying their vision of Islam through acts and threats of violence.
Articles on Christianity and the irrationality religions:
Article by Kulvinder Singh Matharu – 2012
Here’s a typical example of the violent and evil behaviours of the religious:
It’s quite simple. The religious are not at all comfortable in their delusions and instinctively lash out at those that expose the irrationality and fragility of the religious mind. So much for turning the other cheek!
Jessica Ahlquist has been exemplary in protecting her rights in the face of the vicious onslaught launched by the religious:
Article by Kulvinder Singh Matharu – 2012
Death by stoning for…adultery?! Barbaric. Backwards.
Article by Kulvinder Singh Matharu – 2010
If you’ve read some of my articles or explored the links on this blog, you’re likely to have come across the site What’s The Harm? which details the harm caused seeking medical treatment based on homeopathy, superstitions, faith healing, witchcraft, fairy tales and other pseudosciences. In short, a failure to think critically.
There are a couple of YouTube videos that explain how homeopathy lead to the death of a baby, and which also explain the use of proper clinical trials.
Here are links to my blog articles about homeopathic harm:
There are other articles on this blog related to critical thinking and homeopathy. Just used the search bar to find out more.
Article by Kulvinder Singh Matharu – 2010
I recently had a little diatribe in my article at www.metalvortex.com/blog/2010/02/04/354.html where I expressed concern at the increasingly worrying practice of Boots and others of handling homeopathic products as medicine contrary to all results from proper scientific trials which show that homeopathy is nothing more than a placebo.
Well, I just came across this video at some other blogs.
It was rather humorous at first but it soon developed into something rather serious. In my opinion, it isn’t a stretch at all to equate the actions of Boots and others to that of Bruce the so-called “entrepreneur” in the video. The Dragon’s Den team was right and they called it as it they saw it; Bruce is a snake oil salesman who fills you with disgust and anger. A dangerous person who can cause suffering and death by delaying or usurping the use of proper treatment.
The sad thing is that there are probably a significant number of people with morals just like Bruce who are in positions to influence and make decisions if it helps to rake in the money.
Article by Kulvinder Singh Matharu – 2010
The are numerous examples at http://whatstheharm.net/homeopathy.html showing why homeopathy is dangerous. And now two parents have been convicted in Australia for causing the death of their child through application of homeopathy. This is a sad story and I felt pain reading about the suffering that the child experienced. I am sure that the parents are suffering too.
Further details can be found at http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2009/05/homeopathy_kills_a_child.php
The parents obviously believed that homeopathy was real. And that is why I feel passionately that people need to be educated on the falsities and dangers of homeopathy and the other pseudosciences. We don’t need witch doctors.
Article by Kulvinder Singh Matharu – 2009
Now that Matthias Rath has pulled out of his libel case against Ben Goldacre and The Guardian, further background information on the death and misery wrought on South Africa has now been made available by Ben Goldacre at the following links:
http://www.badscience.net/2009/04/matthias-rath-steal-this-chapter/
What is well known, and needs repeating, is that former President Thabo Mbeki was, alongside Matthias Rath, a chief architect for what is estimated as the death of 365,000 people and brought untold misery for countless others in South Africa.
We’ve had politicians, leaders of countries, put though international justice systems for their crimes. Why shouldn’t Mbeki and all those who promoted this tragedy be similarly treated to answer for their crimes against humanity? Despite the complications of South African politics, accountability and justice is required.
Article by Kulvinder Singh Matharu – 2009