what do people think of this...?

[Peter Korsten]

The Dong schreef:

> I mean folk charging lots of money for dicking around with lasers, 
> crystals or candles, talking and teaching gibberish and ultimately 
> wasting (stealing) everyone's time and money.

Just to take this sentence out of its context, but there's an example 
that's quite interesting. Anecdotal, of course, but there you go.

A friend of mine, who I consider to be hard-core beta, and down to earth 
when it comes to these things, had constant problems with his 
intestines, or stomach, or something like that. He had gone through the 
traditional medical spectrum, but to no avail: nobody could find the cause.

So he went to a mesmerist (probably at the behest of his girlfriend, 
because I can't imagine him going there of his own accord), figuring 
that it wouldn't do any harm.

So that guy waved some bottles about, and declared that my friend had an 
intolerance to sugar. So he swapped from normal soft drinks (which he 
consumed in great quantities) to diet ones, and lo and behold, the 
symptoms went away.

I'm rather sceptical to so-called alternative medicine as well, but I 
thought this would give an interesting perspective on things.

- Peter