Comments on: The somewhat muted support for the BCA by the World Federation of Chiropractic http://www.zenosblog.com/2009/07/the-somewhat-muted-support-for-the-bca-by-the-world-federation-of-chiropractic/ The random thoughts of a sceptical activist Thu, 12 Jan 2012 14:01:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Michael Kingsford Gray http://www.zenosblog.com/2009/07/the-somewhat-muted-support-for-the-bca-by-the-world-federation-of-chiropractic/comment-page-1/#comment-324 Michael Kingsford Gray Sat, 25 Jul 2009 08:54:07 +0000 http://tricia.asmallorange.com/~zeno/?p=45#comment-324 <em>... controlled trials remain the gold standard in research but are not a prerequisite for ... chiropractic ... the great majority of which is not supported by good controlled trial evidence.</em><br /><br />A telling fraudian slip perhaps? … controlled trials remain the gold standard in research but are not a prerequisite for … chiropractic … the great majority of which is not supported by good controlled trial evidence.

A telling fraudian slip perhaps?

]]> By: skepticat http://www.zenosblog.com/2009/07/the-somewhat-muted-support-for-the-bca-by-the-world-federation-of-chiropractic/comment-page-1/#comment-320 skepticat Mon, 20 Jul 2009 19:50:15 +0000 http://tricia.asmallorange.com/~zeno/?p=45#comment-320 Presumably the reason they're not wishing the BCA luck in the court case is because they think it's already happened. <br /><br />I note they not only don't know that what happened on 7 May was just a preliminary hearing, nor that Simon didn't accuse anyone of deliberate dishonesty, but they even get Edzard's name the wrong way round. Not very clever are they?<br /><br />Anon, I think the point is that if chiropractors were given 'full rein in the NHS', as Alan puts it, there'd be more of them employed and/or they'd have more customers. <br /><br />By the way, anon, obviously there's no danger of your pretending to be grown up and supporting your accusation with actual instances of how Alan is 'skewing the meaning' but have you really nothing better to do than troll people's blogs and leave bitter little comments? You got to this one mighty quickly. Presumably the reason they're not wishing the BCA luck in the court case is because they think it's already happened.

I note they not only don't know that what happened on 7 May was just a preliminary hearing, nor that Simon didn't accuse anyone of deliberate dishonesty, but they even get Edzard's name the wrong way round. Not very clever are they?

Anon, I think the point is that if chiropractors were given 'full rein in the NHS', as Alan puts it, there'd be more of them employed and/or they'd have more customers.

By the way, anon, obviously there's no danger of your pretending to be grown up and supporting your accusation with actual instances of how Alan is 'skewing the meaning' but have you really nothing better to do than troll people's blogs and leave bitter little comments? You got to this one mighty quickly.

]]> By: anon http://www.zenosblog.com/2009/07/the-somewhat-muted-support-for-the-bca-by-the-world-federation-of-chiropractic/comment-page-1/#comment-319 anon Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:56:26 +0000 http://tricia.asmallorange.com/~zeno/?p=45#comment-319 Alan,<br />You are funny!!! do you honestly have nothing better to do than taking what's said and skewing the meaning? it's actually quite laughable!<br />And just to answer one of your idiocies, Chiropractors seeing NHS patients is actually far from lucrative. Read the NICE guidlines report and you should realise why, but if you're having problems let me know? Alan,
You are funny!!! do you honestly have nothing better to do than taking what's said and skewing the meaning? it's actually quite laughable!
And just to answer one of your idiocies, Chiropractors seeing NHS patients is actually far from lucrative. Read the NICE guidlines report and you should realise why, but if you're having problems let me know?

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