Homeothopy strikes again, mother under arrest

[Mark6]

Oh cmon. If you seriously think that's the same thing - which I question - there's little point going back and forth about it.

Yes, I seriously consider it same thing. Judging from your response -- yes, there's little point going back and forth about it. You and I obviously live in different worlds.

 

[bigred]

Clearly.

 

[Dr. Keith]

Why shouldn't the mother think such "medicine" is valid when it's perfectly legal for sale and sold in the same stores that sell real medicine? Isn't society sending the message that these are legitimate treatments?

This is the underlying problem. This crap is sold in a drugstore alongside aspirin, Guaifenesin, and acetominophin. It has all the appearance of actual medicine, and the druggist is not inclined to tell them it's worthless.

I just wanted to chime in and agree with this sentiment. I know others have said the same thing, but it chaps my ass that while I'm waiting in line for actual drugs I have to stare at a display for airborne or some other useless crap. They shouldn't be allowed inside a store that sells actual drugs and if they are it should only be on the candy aisle.

 

[ponderingturtle]

If you starve someone, by definition you're killing them. If you simply mean a going to bed without any supper kind of thing, that is hardly "starving a child..

No you are not providing them with what they need to live. But if they won't properly thank god what else are you to do?

So what are parents obligated to provide like food vs not obligated to provide like medical care?

 

[bruto]

I just wanted to chime in and agree with this sentiment. I know others have said the same thing, but it chaps my ass that while I'm waiting in line for actual drugs I have to stare at a display for airborne or some other useless crap. They shouldn't be allowed inside a store that sells actual drugs and if they are it should only be on the candy aisle.

ONe of the things I have meant to complain about, and this thread reminds me I really must, is that my local health clinic has attached to it a pharmacy, and even in that pharmacy there are homeopathic products available. I'm pretty sure no doctor there, certainly not the one I go to, would have anything but contempt for the stuff. Somebody in the administration has no shame. Definitely on my to-do list.

 

[Multivac]

I think you are right about the lack of malice, and I would take that into account at sentencing if I were the judge, or a prosecutor making a sentencing recommendation. But I also think that her conduct was criminally negligent, and can't just be excused.

Good post, I agree with you.

 

[Multivac]

She neglected the child. The child died. The child died as a direct result of her neglect.

She needs to practice her woo medicine in a concrete box with bars on the windows.

+1

 

[Multivac]

What she did was not "neglect", she was attentive to the child. Her attention was useless.

I have a hard time condemning a woman for this when homeopathic medication and herbal supplements are sold in drugstores alongside real medicines with absolutely nothing to indicate that they are useless.

No, she neglected her child. She gave her child useless bollocks instead of taking him to see a doctor.