Yet anouther victim

[Diakaryu]

I didn’t find a post about this yet, so if it's a rehash sorry.

http://www.latimes.com/features/hea...jul08,1,2843696.story?coll=la-health-medicine

I could care less that she would slap some "Head on" for her headache. But her baby is sick and instead of seeking sound medical treatment believes that "Natural" cure could be had for her child i.e. homeopathy.

I'll keep the snide/rude comments to myself.

But this quote I believe sum's up just how bad ignorance can be.

"Let me assure you," Shipley told the courtroom, "this mother has nothing but her child's best interests at heart."

Except, she doesn’t and what makes it worse is she doesn’t realize it.



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[Mojo]

There was a thread about this here. Interesting comment in the story you linked to:

But in this case, religious issues aren't involved — unless one believes that Carlsen and her many vocal supporters have a religious belief in the power of homeopathic medicine.

It has been suggested that homoeopathy is essentially a religion, with Hahnemann as the prophet and the Organon as the holy book. Hence, for example, the studious ignoring of anything that contradicts Hahnemann's writings.

 

[DrCron]

Parents don't have the right to refuse care to their children anymore then they have the right to refuse them food. At a minimum this mother needs some form of punishment/reform so that she wont endanger the child again. If she insists on making sure the child is put in danger she should lose her parental rights.

... proving a negative can't be done

"We were both scared stiff of surgery, so we wanted to explore this first," recalled Rogers. "And we said to the doctors, 'OK, if it's smoke and mirrors, prove it's smoke and mirrors, and then we can move forward.'

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[Chris Haynes]

I could not link to the LA Times story without registering.

Anyway, Mojo linked to where it was discussed elsewhere (sometimes folks confuse medical fraud with paranormal and skeptism, which is undertandable).

From what I heard from local radio... lots of talk of organic food, nothing on homeopathy.

Lately, she has pleaded "guilty": http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/280042_kidnap04.html

Oh, and you can listen to her here:
http://710kiro.com/Article.asp?id=238153&spid=8573

Oh, and the dad (the parents are not married) here:
http://710kiro.com/Article.asp?id=236543&spid=8573

Edit to add:

If she insists on making sure the child is put in danger she should lose her parental rights.

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She lost her parental rights in early June, the State of Washington has official custody of her son, which is one reason she was charged with kidnapping.

 

[Meffy]

Then there's sixteen-year-old Starchild Abraham Cherrix of Chincoteague, Virginia.*

Richmond Times-Dispatch newspaper
New York Observer blog

He refuses chemo and is taking herbal "Hoxsey" treatments from the clinic in Tijuana where Steve McQueen died of mesothelioma. A judge has overturned an order that would have forced him to undergo chemotherapy.

The pro and con sides of my opinion on this matter are just about perfectly balanced. I cannot decide whether I think the state should insist on his getting legitimate treatment, or if his right to wishful thinking should override the state's interest in his welfare.
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* Yes, this is where "Misty of Chincoteague" came from; one of the places where wild descendants of horses jettisoned from Spanish ships in the 1600s still live; my own Croatan is another.

[edited to get links right]

 

[Cuddles]

It's a shame the judge didn't rule on whether people should be allowed to name their child "Starchild".

 

[Meffy]

Maybe he's an Indigo. The Indigoers seem fond of saying "starchild."

"Is she an Indi-goer, eh, eh? Nudge nudge wink wink, know what I mean?"

 

[ponderingturtle]

It's a shame the judge didn't rule on whether people should be allowed to name their child "Starchild".

You want interesting names people give their kids try this thread

link starting at about 84 with this

Dolljewerlyreaus. Don't remember the last name, but good God. Was it an attempt at Doll Jewelry something? It brought my brain to a standstill.

I have not seen it documented but have heard about Orangello and Lemonjello for a pair of twins-orange and lemon Jello. Also there is "Famale"(female) ****head(with the TH as in thing) and reportedly there is a basketball player somewhere out there named Scientific Map.

The weirdest names I have run into are Schmuck as a last name, and I knew a Burly Sunflower at one point(his parrents where hippies)

 

[Meffy]

A while back a guy had his name legally changed to Trout Fishing in America.

A writer whose stories [edit: make that "articles;" they're not fiction] frequently appear in "Parade" (a color supplement to Sunday newspapers) is named Lyric Wallwork Winik.