Quote Originally Posted by Ramil
Rockzmom, I wonder what do you think about this article:
http://www.thedoctorwithin.com/doors/Do ... eption.php
Please remember Ramil.... you asked
(for those who are not native English speakers, please accept my apologizes for this wall of English text)

As I have been in the entertainment "business" by proxy, I have seen what really happens behind the scenes; yet, this article gave me even more pause for thought. It mentions things that I had not thought about previously. It also confirms for me a number of things which I believe and I have even posted (I think twice) one of my favorite movies clips from "Network" about how people do just in fact need to turn OFF their TVs and start to think for themselves.

Well... all cards on the table here... I DO have a very odd view of the world. On one hand, I am a very trusting person of "people" say... people here on MR or someone else I meet. Until you give me a reason NOT to trust you, I will usually trust you. On the other hand, most anything I watch, read, or hear, I DON'T trust unless I can try to verify it.

This explains why I ask the sort of questions I do here on this site. I want independent verification. I want to know from someone who lives there, breathes there, and has experienced it firsthand. If you notice the questions I ask about the movies or for my book, they are personality traits and what are places really like type questions. I could of course Google things, but then would I really get the full experience and understanding? I don't believe so. I would much rather let everyone on this forum know that my education is lacking and I need some help understanding something. So, please be kind and explain how life is with you or why someone would do this behavior or the history of your country or religion... whatever. Yes, it is embarrassing as all for me most times to post my questions; however, I want to learn firsthand and not from some "mystery" person who posted on Google. And in exchange, will do my best to answer you honestly and not condescendingly. True, you all are "strangers" as well; however, it "feels" different when "you" give direct answers and provide me with with maps and stories and you all contradict each other (like siblings)... it makes it much more personal and therefore I believe "you" to be telling me the truth when "you" respond to me. Of course, you could be lying.

Ramil, I believe being afraid is the BIGGER problem
Quote Originally Posted by Franklin D. Roosevelt
Only Thing We Have to Fear Is Fear Itself
We as a society are afraid to ask. We are afraid to show what it is that we do not know because it will let others know we are not as smart or as educated as them. Therefore, we will not "fit in" or "belong" or we might be ridiculed. So, we blindly go along with the herd and will accept what others tell us without trying to verify anything because we don't want to appear stupid. The whole "Emperor’s New Clothes" effect.

Circling back to Medicine now....
I believe a number of medical "cures" may have already been discovered and lost so to speak because of big business. As I mentioned previously, I was ill in El Salvador. The first time, I could not get to a hospital for a couple of days as it was just too far away. The locals gave me boiled tree bark and other things to drink (I really have no clue what and didn't even bother to ask as I was so out of it). I know most Americans would never even consider trying these, holistic, natural or alternative medicines (whatever you want to call them). I just knew that I needed help and they were certain that what they were making me drink would help me or even cure me until I could get to a hospital.

IMHO, I believe too many Americans feel that underdeveloped or non-superpower countries don't have the answers to our medical problems when in fact, they probably do. Their ancestors had cures that sometimes were just bogus; yet, other times were right on the mark (aspirin, chewing on coca leaves for altitude sickness...) And "we" the "smart" ones, well... we are just not listening.


Now a question for you (and others)...

I am not certain if you saw the program that Campbell Brown did for CNN called the Broken Government Series and one of the parts was "Campaign Killers." It ran in Nov of 2007.

I have never been able to find a copy of the compete series online; however, I have found two pieces of it on YouTube that I MADE my girls watch before the elections last year. What do you make of them and how they show that you can control poll numbers and spin ads for political gain and such?? It is the much the same as with medicine, no?

[video:avo0nc0c]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DDHqqfH-Lg[/video:avo0nc0c]

[video:avo0nc0c]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zirvb4Bp6XQ[/video:avo0nc0c]