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> From: bibow <bibow(AT)concentric.net>
> To: Nora Blalock <NBlalock(AT)ELPC.org>
> Cc: 'Gunny0011(AT)aol.com'; 'tmic-list(AT)eskimo.com'
> Subject: Re: Magnets and Other Magical Tricks
> Date: Thursday, April 23, 1998 5:00 PM
>
> Nora Blalock wrote:
>
> > Gunny - Progress report on the shoe magnets. THEY
> > WORK!!!!
> >
> > You keep on selling those magnets, flex bands and you
> > ought to start
> > marketing the minerals too. What other goodies ya' got.
> > I'm a satisified
> > customer!!! I hope others take advantage of those
> > things. People seem to
> > think that if it doesn't cost a lot of money or if it is
> > easy, it must not
> > be any good. Duh! I like simple! All I know is that in
> > less than a week,
> > I feel better because of some magnets and big rubber
> > bands. And I've had
> > some high priced medicine over this past year that did
> > nothing but give me
> > really bad side effects. Keep up the good work!
> > Nora in Chicago
>
>
> Dear Friends...... here we go again. The fact that magnets
> are "simple" has nothing at all to do with whether they work
> or not. The fact that "NO RECORDED CLINICAL STUDY HAS EVER
> BEEN ABLE TO PROVE MAGNETS TO HAVE ANY EFFECT ON ANY ILLNESS
> OR SYMPTOM OF ILLNESS" is what matters.
>
> It's no secret that a number of entrepreneurial individuals
> make money on people's need for hope, healing or
> improvement. These people take our money and promise cures
> for everything from baldness to cellulite, with "Chinese Fat
> Burning Soap" and "Secret Extracts". That these merchants
> are offering their products in a forum like ours, is
> natural........ our basic needs and insecurities are
> guarantees for profit.
>
> Some will say "whatever works" is good, and to a certain
> degree I agree with that. It is certainly up to each and
> everyone of you where you spend your money. Just remember
> "there is a sucker born every minute" but it doesn't have to
> be you.
>
> Peace & Happiness,
> Martin
>