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From: hav@dual.UUCP (Helen Anne Vigneau)
Newsgroups: net.med
Subject: California Therapies 
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Date: Mon, 11-Mar-85 18:30:52 EST
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Posted: Mon Mar 11 18:30:52 1985
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=> Lets keep religion out of the discussion. Yin/yang or ping/pong or
=> whatever just aren't tangable enough to use as arguements during a
=> discussion like this.
=>
=> Maybe the discussion should be whether society should leave the
=> development of new therapies to the "scientists" or the "clergy"
=> or the "Californians".
=>
=> Carter Bullard

Now just a minute here!  I take great exception to your implication that
California is the standard Granola-bowl, full of fruits, nuts, and flakes.
Just because we happen to have what is probably the highest concentration
of these types in the nation does *not* mean that *everyone* in California
is hyping the vegetarian/holistic/meditation/prayer/est/what-have-you
approach.  When I'm sick, I go to an M.D.  I try to keep myself well-fed
and well-rested, as well as aware of what is and isn't serious, as judged
by a competent doctor.  I read articles that address health issues, I watch
PBS programs on health, and I resent the assumption by so many back-Easterners
that all Californians are crackers.

I sincerely hope that I'm just being over-sensitive, and that you don't
really believe that Californians are what the media depicts us to be.

Helen Anne

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