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To: Grainne who wrote (105412)	5/28/2005 11:38:41 PM
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////I think that stating that psychiatrists simply removed homosexuality as a disorder because of social/political pressure is also dangerous ///// I didn't say they "simply" removed it because of pressure, I said "So I would, personally, say that subjective attitudes about looking at the science, or lack of it, behind the decision to call all homosexuals "sick" (as opposed to homosexual) evolved with, were part of, were influenced by, socio-political factors." Which is different. But you know, if I think something is true, I wouldn't say the opposite because it was considered "dangerous." I think it's more dangerous not to say what you think in a considered way, and let it be tested by what others say, when they also speak freely on the same subject. ////Is the study and practice of medicine no longer considered a science in the United States? /// Hmmmm. Well, certainly the more science the better. And there's more than there used to be. Great meds, sterile procedures, miracle surgery. But everyone has doctor stories. If you get a doctor you are sure is a good scientist, you're really lucky. Do the words "second opinion" ring a bell? It doesn't imply a second scientific study. :) This is a fascinating book: amazon.com Copeland's Cure : Homeopathy and the War Between Conventional and Alternative Medicine by NATALIE ROBINS Disclosure: the author is a good friend of mine. She doesn't believe in homeopathy at all, but uses it to tell a story about the history of the practice of medicine, and the practitioners of it, too. Not just "alternative" medicine, but so-called scientific medicine, too. (She has non-Hodgkins lymphoma, which she has written about, and conventional medicine, science, a pill, is keeping her alive.) Edit: I have to be off for the next two or three days at least. 'Night, all.