> After several hundred readings, I realize that some readers
> consider the echo to be "Alternatives to Any Kind of
> Medicine At All", others like myself consider it to be
> "Alternatives to Prescription Medicine" (herbology, e.g.)
> and still others want it to be "Prevention vs. Cure".
 
 
Alternative can mean prevention, cure, treatment and it doesn't necessarily 
mean ONLY concrete things such as herbs etc.  Some traditional western 
medical info is welcome as I want the readers to be informed of any new 
medical news that might be of help to them.  If we can prevent, then we don[t 
need to cure; some have been so badly damaged by traditional medicine they 
don't want to go near it at all and other want a complementary view that they 
can incorporate with their traditional medical useage.  This is all fine.
 
  
>  > There are many erudite viewpoints expressed here and I admit > that 
they are all interesting to me except for the political
> debates and the backbiting which seem out of place.
 
You're right.  This echo has too many people who think ONE way and insist 
that their way is the ONLY way and anyone who disagrees is pounced on.  I 
have tried to discourage this as best I can without actually banning them. My 
best advice is if you start to read something that you find out of place, go 
on past it.
 
   >  > Will continue to watch, however.
> 
How about contributing something of what YOU know, practice.  If no one 
participates except the  offensive then this echo will never be any 
fferent.
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