[lbo-talk] Doug Henwood's Critique of Gary Null

[Michael Dawson -PSU]

Amen, Doug, on all fronts.  The only interesting question in all this is
which is worse:  the deception and exploitation of sick people or the
immense damage done to the left by these kooks.  One half expects to someday
discover that "alternative medicine" was an FBI project launched to
embarrass us and drive away droves of potential comrades who flip on WBAI
(or KBOO here in Portland, OR), expecting to gain some new insights, only to
find psychopathic megalomaniacs peddling snake oil and UFO theories.

If acupuncture worked by anything other than its ritualized
exoticism/placebo effect, the be a corporate "Needles 'R Us" on every street
corner.  Same goes for all the weed dusts that pass as alternative
medicines.

It'll be a great day when the left is strong enough to kick these yahoos off
our radio stations.