>This happens every day, all over - "Snake oil" is still sold to millions
in the
>form "touch therapy" "aroma therapy" "Iris Diagnosis" - should we force these
>people to stop selling their wares? There is no doubt that these people are
>responsible for many deaths every year by discouraging proven techniques.
Should
>we go after these practicioners, prosecute them? Admittedly I have never
been in
This is not about prosecution or legislation, so you can stop attacking that
straw man. I'm asking whether we should help the people being victimized by
them.
Do we have an obligation or a right to inform them of their delusion?
>diatribe about my disgust for the religion, it came down to this. Your belief
>system is your choice, but I cannot risk my children to Christianity, so
"the day
>you convert, I will divorce you. The choices you make and the people you
listen
>to are your choice, but I have the same choices, and I will not entangle
myself
>or my future children in the web of religion"
OK, so if she converted before asking you, you would have just divorced her
without even warning her of the consequences? If so, that doesn't seem fair
to her. If not, then you are actually in agreement with what I am trying
to say.
>I have chosen the black and white because it seems quite clear cut to me.
>Physical or the threat of physical action is the deciding factor for me. And
That is hardly clear cut. Does there have to be intent to threaten? What
degree
of physical threat warrants action? Is everyone expected to have the same
reaction
to the same level of physical threat?
-- David McFadzean david@kumo.com special agent http://www.kumo.com