Oh Frabjous Day!
BCA - the British Chiropractic Organization has made a misguided attempt to gag scientific criticism by suing science journalist Simon Singh (PhD) in person (instead of the publisher, The Guardian, as the practice is) to try to intimidate him, and second, the silence has now put his mood.
British libel laws are recognized as worthless and has led to Britain's courts are constantly LOUSY with cases where people from all over the world looking for a tangetiell link to UK to fill the jaw of view, resist ; that each user. After three senior judges agree turned upside down on the plaintiff's loved ones, Mr. Justice Eady, brain-dead interpretation of the word "bogus" BCA finally realized that they had a legal leg to stand on and has now thrown in the towel.
This was probably the wisest thing they could do. In this way, they have caused Simon Singh maximum damage to the case only if pushed to its natural end, he could have received the majority of the money he put out back to the doomed itself. Now he is forced to bear all their own expenses and must match the BCA if he wants compensation. A process he hardly takes the time, or afford, to. Yes, the UK judicial system is so stupid. If you have only money can be malicious and cause you great misery of innocent people. Simon Singh was just about to sell her house in London to pay their own costs.
Two years and hundreds of thousands of pounds to come up with something an idiot could look it up in a dictionary. The "bogus" can mean both "fraudulent" and the [innocent] "ineffective"
Throughout the case, the chiropractor were initially denied, and then failed, to prove that their treatments for conditions such as childhood asthma, allergies, colic, and "prolonged crying" has any effect. After waving ineffective with his hands for a year shook it to end up this "plethora" (approx. Abundance) of evidence. It proved to be composed of seventeen studies which the majority were poorly executed and the most robust actually contradicted just what you trying to prove. All the robust studies showed the same results as the placebo.
Now, therefore, Simon Singh with the bill for the chiropractor the hireling. He has courageously persisted instead of reconciling. The Guardian offered from the start space to reply, and Simon Singh offered to rephrase the question sentence with a less ambiguous word, but the goal of chiropractic groups were never to get rough ; eport or replicated, without abusing the English legal system weaknesses to intimidate newcomers to shut up. A fucking översittartaktik and downright disgusting behavior.
This has given a setback - a Streisandeffekt - the seldom seen.
Firstly, BCA has very nearly ruined themselves in the running process. In the belief that Singh would be left with the entire bill has been steamed on, while persistently whistling Dixie. Now that it is not so, they were very forthcoming with his score. Because their accounts, as an organization, is open to the public has no happy person on the internet looked up their assets and the'm in principle exhausted now. So it can go.
Secondly, the media and bloggers have noted the case from the outset, which has led to the chiropractor the outrageous claim no longer stand unchallenged. Leaked emails show that they had to go out hard to clear up the allegations one category is advertised as it actually is an offense to say that you can cure something you can not cure. Something that chiropractors all over the world - and particularly in the UK who are so woo-infested to make you cry - it actually does. You can still get homeopathy on the NHS. Fucking paper source. Websites and email signatures were picked down immediately, but the yellow pages You can not withdraw.
Bloggers and individuals across the UK have gone through their local directories and all chiropractic websites in their own county and notified everyone who uses the word cure in their advertising. Something they never thought it could do if not BCA sued Singh.
Thirdly, it immediately created a popular movement - led by numerous celebrities - to leave immediately if they are worthless libel laws so ; that you can not sue for legitimate criticism. Thus closes a resort for various unsavory elements, such as chiropractors and homeopaths, to fill the cone of people who require proof.
no chiropractic treatment can do nothing more than to relieve a very specific type of back pain temporarily. Something that is also an osteopath, a regular massage therapist or a physiotherapist can do. And these are not disgusting, lying, bully skitstövliga who go to a private person for anything that is made in an official role (journalist) and who lies anxious and desperate parents full.
Never go to a chiropractor. Even if you have just the individual permits a chiropractor may actually help. Boycott hell. Be part of Streisandeffekten and ask my colleague, who insist that you must try their chiropractor to read up on the BCA vs Simon Singh.
Let this damn pack extinction that profession and ask them to send thank-you card to the British Association for Chiropractors.
Kudos to Simon Singh, who has paid and will pay a heavy price for science. And not the least credit to Simon's fiancée, who is nowhere in the road said: "reconcile so we'll be left alone, Simon" but has supported him ä Even when it became clear that they may lose their house.