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My own view, Janey

Let the snake -oil salesmen say what they will.

And let me have the choice to believe them ...or not


Sue x

Well, that's fine for you, suzian.

Someone with cancer who is perhaps not as educated might be a little more vulnerable. And might die as a result of making the bad choice induced by misleading advertising instead of getting proper medical care that could have saved their life.

I'm not too worried about my freedom of speech or the snake oil seller's, in those circumstances. I don't need to be able to do things that are potentially fatal to other people who might do them, when I'm smart (or rich) enough that I won't. My preference is to protect people in need of protection from genuine harm.

A delicate balancing act, Janey

Educated I may (or may not) be, but I lost my much loved husband to cancer, and I know only too well the seductive power of the "snake oil". When all else failed, beyond any reason, we gave it a go. Of course, it didn't work.

That's no reason, in my view, to not giving it a fair hearing, and letting people who chose to listen, listen and form their own view.

Much better that than driving it underground, where it takes on a sort of cult status,


Sue x
Sue x