Thursday, July 27, 2006
Hooray for chemotherapy!
16-year-old Abraham Starchild Cherrix, a victim of Hodgkin's Disease, has been compelled by Virginia courts to undergo chemotherapy rather than being allowed to continue the "natural cancer cure" he and his parents wished to pursue. While I am a strong proponent of complete liberty, under the law, suicide is still a crime (though it's admittedly difficult to prosecute!), and attempting to self-medicate for cancer using pokeweed, burdock root, licorice, barberry, buckthorn bark, stillingia root, red clover, prickly ash bark, potassium iodide, etc., is clearly either attempted suicide or is evidence of mental health problems sufficient to merit the state confining one to an institution. Cancer in most cases need no longer be a death sentence. If caught early enough, it can very often be treated successfully using a combination of surgery & chemotherapy. Trust me, I know. I'm still breathing, aren't I? The type of Hodgkin's "Starchild" has WAS very curable before it reached the stage it has.
16-year-old Abraham Starchild Cherrix, a victim of Hodgkin's Disease, has been compelled by Virginia courts to undergo chemotherapy rather than being allowed to continue the "natural cancer cure" he and his parents wished to pursue. While I am a strong proponent of complete liberty, under the law, suicide is still a crime (though it's admittedly difficult to prosecute!), and attempting to self-medicate for cancer using pokeweed, burdock root, licorice, barberry, buckthorn bark, stillingia root, red clover, prickly ash bark, potassium iodide, etc., is clearly either attempted suicide or is evidence of mental health problems sufficient to merit the state confining one to an institution. Cancer in most cases need no longer be a death sentence. If caught early enough, it can very often be treated successfully using a combination of surgery & chemotherapy. Trust me, I know. I'm still breathing, aren't I? The type of Hodgkin's "Starchild" has WAS very curable before it reached the stage it has.
It cannot be cured by eating tree bark. Anyone who says it can just wants your money. In addition, they are both technically and fiscally stupid. Think about it, if you knew that a combination of crushed Hercules Beetle and llama droppings really did cure cancer, if you had half a brain, wouldn't you negotiate a deal with Wyeth Pharmaceuticals and make millions instead of making a few hundred thousand starting your own company?
So what drove Abraham Starchild Cherrix to follow the Hoxsey Herbal Treatment instead of rational medicine? Could it be linked in any way to the fact that he was raised by people who chose to call him "Starchild"? Hoxsey has been hounded out of the country by the "evil forces" of the FDA and accountability, and now operates out of Mexico.
At this late stage, unfortunately, it seems all-too-likely this young, brain-washed fool will die from his unfortunate affliction. Not because he needs to, but because he did not remain under the care of actual medicine for long enough.
So what drove Abraham Starchild Cherrix to follow the Hoxsey Herbal Treatment instead of rational medicine? Could it be linked in any way to the fact that he was raised by people who chose to call him "Starchild"? Hoxsey has been hounded out of the country by the "evil forces" of the FDA and accountability, and now operates out of Mexico.
At this late stage, unfortunately, it seems all-too-likely this young, brain-washed fool will die from his unfortunate affliction. Not because he needs to, but because he did not remain under the care of actual medicine for long enough.
Then the only thing left to decide will be whether his parents are guilty of manslaughter, murder, or religious fanaticism...
BORN ON THIS DATE: Hilaire Belloc, 1870, who wrote history's second best poem ever, "Matilda, (who told lies and was burned to death.)"
DIED ON THIS DATE: Gertrude Stein, 1946, noted terrible driver who had the honour of being painted by Picasso. 39-year companion of Alice B.Toklas, Stein was a rather stout lady who was said to have "gloried in her flesh" by pal Mabel Dodge.
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# posted by netflixrox @ 2:36 PM 
