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Originally Posted by Peacegirl
I don't want to speculate, but my guess is that you were hurt by the quacks that claimed to be knowledgeable
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I would like to point out that to call people quacks is to put them into a minus category, and that it to implies that there are non-quacks who are more trustworthy and whose advice should be treated as more valuable. Surely this is depriving them of the respect they are due, and also a great hurt! |
If someone is lying, he is a quack. It is a real description because he is doing certain things that are meant to deceive for his benefit. You obviously don't understand this knowledge in the slightest. In your confusion, you are trying to discredit what Lessans recognized because you are not in the position to receive his knowledge. I am not going to defend him because you have misunderstood what he was saying. You are going to have to make the effort if you are so inclined. |
You ain't here for the hunting are you honey? 
What you are describing is a fraud. Many quacks believe in their quackery with all their quacky little hearts.
By labelling them as quacks and other people as non-quacks, you are putting them in a minus category, implying that their advice on how to treat cancer is somehow less trustworthy than, say, that of an oncologist. Surely this is a great hurt, and yet another thing that wont be there in the brave new world! |
Stop playing this game already. You are conveniently misconstruing the word "hurt". Obviously, if someone is lying about a particular product or service, he is hurting the potential buyer, not the other way around. And FYI, there will be no quacks in the new world to distrust, so don't worry your little head that things won't turn out as planned.  |
Yeah you already said this book would not exist there, because no-one would try to spread unsupported claptrap. Quacks do not necessarily lie: many believe in the nonsense they try to peddle.