Huh?! I am not "mocking" you or Doug! In fact the bulk of my posts were made before you even entered the discussion! And I did not introduce the word "hippie" into the discussion:
My original post: http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/pipermail/lbo-talk/Week-of-Mon-20060807/043534.html No mention of 'hippie' as far as I can tell.
Doug's use of the word 'hippie':
http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/pipermail/lbo-talk/Week-of-Mon-20060807/043535.html
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> But that's what the article reported - a comparison of hippie
> arthritis treatments to orthodox ones (and a placebo).
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My response to the above from Doug:
http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/pipermail/lbo-talk/Week-of-Mon-20060807/043538.html
> What you are talking about above is a result that may demonstrate that
> professional-racket medicine is more successful than hippie-medicine and
> placebos. Well, if so, why not? Billions are spent on
> professional-racket medicine, not to forget (as I mentioned), that
> professional-racket medicine borrows at will (and to enormous profit)
> from hippie-medicine (tribal remedies, ayurveda, etc). One would expect
> it to show better results.
Even in my repeating a term offered by Doug, I fail to see where I am "mocking" anyone!
Talk about strawmen!
--ravi
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