http://www.isaiadis.com/2009/06/03/libel-laws-campaign/ Discussions on science, skepticism, pseudoscience; trips on the borders of religion and science; brief adventures in hi-fi; this is a Journey through a Burning Mind... Sat, 19 May 2012 17:57:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://www.isaiadis.com/2009/06/03/libel-laws-campaign/comment-page-1/#comment-24677 Chris Wright Thu, 04 Jun 2009 21:10:13 +0000 http://www.isaiadis.com/?p=1202#comment-24677 Many will be making comments about the case and will do so better than i can. All i can add is to say that i have written this letter to a number of local chiropractors..it may help! Feel free to use it if you so wish: Dear Sir, I am writing to you, as I believe you both practice locally and are a member of the BCA. As you are probably aware, your Association has recently sued Simon Singh. He is a respected science journalist who was awarded an MBE in 2003 for his services to Science, Technology and Engineering in Education and Science Communication. He used the word “bogus” in describing Chiropractic and your organisation, instead of reasonably, intelligently and maturely debating the issue, used its institutional financial muscle to try to silence a doubter. This is rank bullying of the worst kind. I suspect, and hope, that you have the decency to at least feel uncomfortable about your Association’s behaviour. You may also recognise how this behaviour is reflecting very badly on the public’s perception of Chiropractors and will certainly backfire on your profession in the long run. Can I urge you to call on your Association to drop this case and defend itself with truth and reason and to behave in a decent manner for the good of us all. Yours sincerely, etc etc
Dear Sir,
I am writing to you, as I believe you both practice locally and are a member of the BCA.
As you are probably aware, your Association has recently sued Simon Singh. He is a respected science journalist who was awarded an MBE in 2003 for his services to Science, Technology and Engineering in Education and Science Communication.
He used the word “bogus” in describing Chiropractic and your organisation, instead of reasonably, intelligently and maturely debating the issue, used its institutional financial muscle to try to silence a doubter. This is rank bullying of the worst kind.
I suspect, and hope, that you have the decency to at least feel uncomfortable about your Association’s behaviour.
You may also recognise how this behaviour is reflecting very badly on the public’s perception of Chiropractors and will certainly backfire on your profession in the long run.
Can I urge you to call on your Association to drop this case and defend itself with truth and reason and to behave in a decent manner for the good of us all.

Yours sincerely,

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