Homeopaths plot to broadcast idiocies on twitter
Posted by gimpy on June 9, 2009
So you belong to a profession that has recently come under some criticism for lacking an understanding of medical ethics and indulging in some frighteningly irresponsible pseudo-medical posturing, you’re concerned about shifting media attitudes, you feel there is a lack of support within society, what do you do?
Do you engage in a period of self reflection, invite serious commentary on and within the profession, encourage responsible behaviour and punish that which brings your community into considerable disrepute? Or, do you just confirm every allegation of ignorance, irresponsibility and idiocy made about you by your critics?
Dear Leaders of HomeopathyThis is an action alert in response to the recent attacks on the validity of homeopathy presented to the World Health Organization.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2009/jun/01/world-health-organisation-homeopathy-hiv
In an effort to have our positive messages heard in the media we ask you to send out the email below to your entire mailing list.
Sincerely
Debby Bruck, CHOM.
Founder of HWC Homeopathy World Community
http://www.homeopathyworldcommunity.com
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Dear Friends and Supporters of Homeopathy
This is an action alert in response to the recent attacks on the validity of homeopathy presented to the World Health Organization.We are asking you to take these four easy steps to have our positive messages about homeopathy heard around the world. Using the micro-blog tool Twitter, you can help bring keyword homeopathy up in the search engines. It is very easy to use and we will help you get started. So do this right now without delay.
1. Go to http://twitter.com
2. Sign up by typing your real name without a space in between the first and last name and create a password
3. Upload your photo
4. In the “What you are doing?” window enter each of the posts below (copy & paste one at a time, clicking Update after each).Oxford University Press study | #homeopathy medicines have effect on cancer cells & genes http://budurl. com/FBDA
81% of patients receive CAM treatments on referral from GP #homeopathyhttp://budurl. com/PCAM
Dr. Pawan Pareek Clinical Evidence | #Homeopathy Treatment http://budurl. com/Pareek
Research Supporting #Homeopathy http://budurl. com/19535
The threat of a global pandemic & evolving #homeopathy treatment strategyhttp://budurl. com/DrBhatia
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Thank you so very much for being part of this 24-hour Twitter Campaign Marathon. If everyone around the world posts these messages [and more if you are so inclined] then we will have started a great wave of positive energy creating awareness and educating the public.
Thank you,
Your Signaturea.. PS. If you run a homeopathic school please make it an assignment. It only takes a few minutes to make a tremendous impact.
b.. Seven Reasons Homeopaths Should Join Twitter
http://homeopathyworldwide.blogspot.com/
c.. Please join HWC http://homeopathyworldcommunity.com
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Warhelmet said
I’m sure that twatting on Twatter is really going to create a tremendous impact and wave of positive energy. The reality of Twitter is that it’s mostly used by people who know each other to communicate with each other, and it is merely one of the channels that they use to communicate.
Nor do the links tackle any of the issues raised in the Guardian article.
Hubris prevents self-reflection.
Mojo said
Dana Ullman seems to be pushing the first of those (the “Oxford University Press study”):
http://homeopathyresource.wordpress.com/2009/06/06/homeopathy-cancer-centre-makes-research-breakthrough-showing-homeopathy-affects-cancer-cells/
Michael Gray said
I have applied for membership for this clique: http://www.homeopathyworldcommunity.com
[Your membership to Homeopathy World Community is pending approval]
I was totally honest in my application**, although I felt obliged to render one of my responses in Japanese Kana & Kanji, in order to maintain strict honesty, but hide it from casual non-literate scrutiny.
The answer in question was a result to the compulsory enquiry ->[What is your vision for the future of homeopathy?]
Let’s see if these woo-bozo-whack-jobscan decipher it, (or even fathom how to use the copious free translation services available.)
They know nothing about reality, but let’s see if they twig.
Even WITH this blog post admitting that I am an agent of Reality.
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Q:[What brought you to homeopathy?]
A:I wish to prevent as many sufferer falling into the wrong hands of medicine
(The poor grammar is deliberate. A lucid response would surely induce suspicion that the applicant was above the maximal I.Q. level to swallow their superstitious bullcrap?)
Michael Gray said
How the hell can comments be edited for style?
I noticed that I missed a simple bold ending, but am unable to correct it.
Either a Preview feature, or an Edit feature are called for.
Surely WordPress make these tools available to bloggers?
Nash said
Catches me out as well.
Tristan said
Two can play at that game. Just tweeted “tristanod: Homeopaths plot to broadcast idiocies on twitter: http://tinyurl.com/mzbqps #Homeopathy”
Hope you don’t mind the link
alanhenness said
I tweeted this yesterday:
Homeoquackery is useless woo pseudo science with NO evidence base other than biased personal anecdotes. Keep it out of the NHS. #homeopathy
Warhelmet said
I would have thought that homeopaths would use radionics to broadcast…
Scott said
Hah. Note that these guys are leaving out the crucial step between “Sign up for Twitter” and “Copy/paste all these one-liners” – which is “Get lots of followers”.
So Joe signs up for Twitter, and then c/p’s all these bits – who’s going to see them *but Joe*?
Brilliant
Ziztur said
Oh no, I bet they will really make a dent in WHO’s policies by twittering homeopathy everywhere.
Pete said
I expect that Scotts advice will be posted on Minutus (Homeopathic yahoo group that gimpy visits )very soon.
Martin said
This is quite a worrying development. Of course these tweets will have no immediate impact. But over time as the proportion of tweets supporting homeopathy tends to zero, these tweets will have increasing effect. In about ten years time, when these tweets are fully diluted, we will see an otherwise unexplained increase in support for homeopathy.
rside said
Oh my, the drug companies and their “idiots” are all atwitter about homeopaths twittering. How ironic.
Gimpy keep revealing these dark and heavy secrets about the homeopaths it makes them look like what a drug company might do.
But of course, gimpy and followers here, you will claim that Drug companies would never use the media or lobby politicians or even lobby the World Health Organization to protect their emerging markets. Never. Too pure for that. I see you are all too pure for doing that kind of dirty work too- keep science pure, except turn a blind eye when it is used by drug companies.
And to justify the uncomfortable feeling that their might be dirt there, keep pounding the alternative health opposition- at least it looks purer and it is more fun to be or appear like a bully! Twitttering may be a little too gay for bullies though…so you can make fun of twittering too. But twitter on.
Jason Frovich said
Your links need to be properly formatted
Oxford University Press study | #homeopathy medicines have effect on cancer cells & genes http://budurl.com/FBDA
81% of patients receive CAM treatments on referral from GP #homeopathy http://budurl.com/PCAM
Dr. Pawan Pareek Clinical Evidence | #Homeopathy Treatment http://budurl.com/Pareek
Research Supporting #Homeopathy http://budurl.com/19535
The threat of a global pandemic & evolving #homeopathy treatment strategy http://budurl.com/DrBhatia