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TZ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-17-11 12:13 PM
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Ah yes, those benevolent non-money grabbing homeopathic companies
are showing just how much they care again:
http://www.bmj.com/content/343/bmj.d5197.extract
Homoeopathy multinational Boiron threatens amateur Italian blogger
A letter sent by the Italian arm of multinational company Boiron, threatening to sue an amateur blogger over remarks he made about homoeopathy, has sparked a strong internet reaction in defence of freedom of speech.

Samuele Riva posted two articles on his blog, blogzero.it , on 13 and 27 July,which included pictures of Boiron’s blockbuster homoeopathic product Oscillococcinum, marketed as a remedy against flu symptoms. The pictures were accompanied by captions, which joked about the total absence of any active molecules in homoeopathic preparations.

How benevolent of them.:sarcasm:
I thought homoepaths gave away their magic meds for free. :eyes:
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Dr. Strange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-18-11 01:02 PM
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1. Why would they give it away for free?
That stuff doesn't grow on trees.

Although it might have the memory of growing on trees.
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trotsky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-19-11 06:39 AM
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2. Well, OK, so they don't give them away for free...
but really they only charge enough to barely feed themselves, because they are all true and noble and pure and only care about people's health, even though they are a for-profit company. If they did not need money to survive in this EVUL CORRUPT BIG PHARMA WORLD they would not have to charge for the magic.
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Deep13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-23-11 09:45 AM
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3. I buy a gallon of homeopathic medicine every week.
It's distilled water. I use it in my CPAP humidifier.
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