hi david

At 09:19 1998/11/15 -0800, you wrote:
>Well, Janet, you are wrong. The fact that you had
>to go digging and the fact that I mentioned local
>sources should have been a clue.

your words change nothing:
i am still waiting for proof

the fact that i 'had to go digging'
to discover your financial interest in the products you mention
definitely _was_ a clue
to your subterfuge

>Now if you think I could watch
>three of my family die of Parkinsons,

that is so sad...
who were they?
how long did they have pd?
what treatments did they undergo?
please share with us

>spend the last 20 years facing death, (I've
>been told by Doctors on more than five
>occassions I had less than four years to live),

this is also sad...
what were you diagnosed with?
what treatments did you have?
please share this with us too

>begin to come down with shakes (this
>is very scary & disconcerting)

my goodness!
you are preaching to the converted here!

we all share the symptoms of a disease that is
incurable, degenerative, and progressive

we are all extremely familiar with being
'scared' and 'disconcerted'
to say the very least

you've only had 'the shakes' twice;
maybe you drank too much coffee?

>and still be motivated by profit, I would say you are
>suggesting I'm much worse than a Snake Oil salesman.

you said it

>You may also consider that "two personal observations"
>is so unlikely to end up amounting to anything, that you
>are over-reacting to what I've said.

i did not mention "two personal observations" -
where did you get that quote from?
do i smell a form letter here?

>I do understand your concern, but a _good_ "Snake Oil
>Salesman" would develop a "special blend" only available
>through them, and probably have a long list of ancient
>reinforcement or twisted logic and statistics to reinforce
>their claim (e.g. workers in S.....w.... Factories in India
>have never reported a case of Parkinsons [i just made that up])

so
what you're telling me here
is that you are a _bad_ snake oil salesman

"a rose by any other name would smell..."
or
"if it walks like a duck and smells like a duck..."

>I'm not at all convinced that s.....w... will have any
>benefit for Parkinson's sufferers, but I am very aware
>of my own experiences. I have no doubt that s....w...
>did stop my shakes.

since you don't have pd
and your 'shakes' were caused by something else
why bother reporting this to us?

oops!
of course,
you sell the stuff

>If it does turn out that there is something to it
>then it should (and I'm sure will) become the subject of
>professional medical research and development, and I
>would have nothing to do with that, nor would their be
>a potential for me profitting. Drug companies would isolate
>the essential properties and produce products -- not
>me! But I think we are geting way ahead of ourselves.

'we' are, indeed,
but until that day comes
you are happy and eager to promote
your unproven and untested products
_ at no cost to you _ to a captive audience _
by preying on our shared illness and our shared symptoms

>You may want to note that the greatest breakthrough in medical
>history came from doctors recreational use of anesthetics,

i may or i may not want to 'note'
this concept: 'recreational use of anesthetics'???!!!
is _that_ what gave you the 'shakes'?
holey moley!
no thanks!

my brain chemistry, or what's left of it,
is far too important to me

>and not be so closed minded and suspicious.

ah
but here _you_ are very wrong

i do not form conclusions quickly or easily
either positive or negative

i am not closed minded
but
i am not naive either

if you were recommending candy to children over the internet
i would be just as circumspect
and i'm sure no-one would accuse me of being 'suspicious'

so tell me, in ten words or less,
what is your real purpose in joining this 1600 strong cyber-family?

one of many cautious cyber-siblings

janet

ps
if your methods weren't so sad,
this would be hysterically funny
trying to sell aroma therapy to parkies!!!!
hah!!!

pps
my web-site has an article that may be of interest:
'being hustled on the net'

janet paterson - 51/41/37 - almonte/ontario/canada
http://www.newcountry.nu/pd/members/janet/
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