It's official.

Center For Inquiry Wrote:Homeopathy was invented around 1796 by a doctor named Samuel Hahnemann. He believed that homeopathic medicines become more effective the more they are diluted. Homeopathic solutions are often so literally watered-down that they don't contain a single molecule of the original medicine or substance: the patient is drinking nothing but water.

Center For Inquiry Wrote:The Government acknowledges there is no evidence that homeopathy works beyond the placebo effect (where a patient gets better because of their belief in the treatment). The Committee concurred with the Government that the evidence base shows that homeopathy is not efficacious and that explanations for why homeopathy would work are scientifically implausible....

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Homoeopathy is available on the NHS, the British public is literally paying taxes to give people water as a treatment.

(April 22, 2010 at 2:36 pm)Shinylight Wrote: Homoeopathy is available on the NHS, the British public is literally paying taxes to give people water as a treatment.

That's retarded. Though I still think your healthcare system is better than ours. In ours, homeopathy might be covered by your insurance while a real treatment would not be... and either way, you can barely afford the insurance at all.

(April 22, 2010 at 2:36 pm)Shinylight Wrote: Homoeopathy is available on the NHS, the British public is literally paying taxes to give people water as a treatment.

There is actually a homeopathic hospital! Near Great Ormand street.

My mum actually believes it, its really annoying, lol

(April 22, 2010 at 2:40 pm)Paul the Human Wrote:

(April 22, 2010 at 2:36 pm)Shinylight Wrote: Homoeopathy is available on the NHS, the British public is literally paying taxes to give people water as a treatment.

That's retarded. Though I still think your healthcare system is better than ours. In ours, homeopathy might be covered by your insurance while a real treatment would not be... and either way, you can barely afford the insurance at all.

I think what Obama is trying to do is brilliant but apparently the Religious Right think it will bring the downfall of the country, is that correct?

That does appear to be what they think. The Conservative movement here has gone to the extreme right in response to being beaten so soundly in the last elections. They have gone out of their way to get the ignorant, the religious, and all those who fear change, scared to death of the impending communism and tyrannical death squads. Those people scare me and they aren't a small minority by any means.

(EDIT: I'm beginning to think this was not the right forum for this.)

Nah. What they think is that Obama is black so anything he does is bad.

(April 22, 2010 at 4:13 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Nah. What they think is that Obama is black so anything he does is bad.

We should kidnap Bill O'reilly and make him black somehow

(April 22, 2010 at 2:41 pm)darkwolf176 Wrote: There is actually a homeopathic hospital! Near Great Ormand street.

Is it anything like this?

Homeopathic AE

I know a person within the health care sector who believes in homeopathy. I'm surprised that she even got the job since she's the only one at that place who believes in that kind of woo.

(April 22, 2010 at 2:48 pm)Shinylight Wrote: I think what Obama is trying to do is brilliant but apparently the Religious Right think it will bring the downfall of the country, is that correct?

If he had said he was going to spend the money on new weapon systems he would have been

feted as a great president.