Comments on: Is this for the collective good?

By: mike stanton

mike stanton — Thu, 27 Apr 2006 22:35:15 +0000

Good work DoC.
These people often book prestigious locations to suggest that the institution where they meet actually endorses their views when, in fact, they are just in it for the money.

By: Dad Of Cameron

Dad Of Cameron — Thu, 27 Apr 2006 18:15:12 +0000

For any Phoenix area readers who may not be familiar with Mr. Best (a Generation Rescue rescue angel, you can learn more about him at his blog Hating Autism, or you can read more about him at Autism-Natural Variation here, and at Left Brain/Right Brain here.

By: Dad Of Cameron

Dad Of Cameron — Thu, 27 Apr 2006 17:01:37 +0000

John, you’re welcome to comment here for now, but you need check personal attacks at the door.

“It’s too bad you haven’t learned that children cured by chelation is proof that it is safe and effective.”

You could simply say, “Children cured by chelation is proof that it is safe and effective”.
Hey, that could possibly be a valid point in the future, how about some real peer-reviewed science to support those anecdotal claims of “cure”.

“Perhaps the educated people at the university learn more easily than you are able to.”

Pure Ad Hominem.

“I hope for your child’s sake you can learn that leaving mercury in the brain is quackery.”

My child is doing great, and I hope yours is too. Otherwise, this is more ad hominem, and begging the question. If it were scientifically proven and put to the process of real peer-review that, a) mercury causes autism and b) autistics actually have higer levels of mercury, I’m open to changing my thinking on this. For now, it is tiredly unproven assertion.

By: John Best

John Best — Thu, 27 Apr 2006 16:16:53 +0000

It’s too bad you haven’t learned that children cured by chelation is proof that it is safe and effective. Perhaps the educated people at the university learn more easily than you are able to. I hope for your child’s sake you can learn that leaving mercury in the brain is quackery.

By: Dad Of Cameron

Dad Of Cameron — Thu, 27 Apr 2006 05:15:49 +0000

Thanks Camille, I appreciate your recognition of this potential conflict of interest in the public good from such seminars (especially with regard to families new to the diagnosis). I e-mailed Dr. Crow’s admin assistant with the letter. Hopefully he’d feel welcome to stop by and ask any questions of autism-hub members or simply share his perspective. We’ll see.

By: Camille

Camille — Thu, 27 Apr 2006 05:04:13 +0000

There’s a form where one can write to Michael Crow on the site you linked to… somewhere. I wrote to him from the form asking him to think about the outcome of his giving his support to this bunch by allowing them to use the university facilities.

By: Dad Of Cameron

Dad Of Cameron — Thu, 27 Apr 2006 02:22:21 +0000

Hi NM. You have great taste in music. Besides Collective Soul being one of my favorites, the album “Shine” came from is so appropriate - hints, allegations and things left unsaid. I don’t expect that Dr. Crow will actually ask GPC ASA to take their curbie/conspiracy show to a more suitable venue (like the Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine), but maybe he’ll consider it.

By: Not Mercury

Not Mercury — Thu, 27 Apr 2006 01:41:29 +0000

Nice letter DoC. Shine On!