The Society of Homeopaths: frauds and thugs
Homeopathy is dangerous rubbish. When someone points this out, complete with evidence to support the claim, the Society of Homeopaths (’representing professional homeopaths’) shuts them up with legal bullying. This is what happened to Dr Andy Lewis, who runs an excellent site called The Quackometer. He published an article called ‘The gentle art of homeopathic killing’, which told the truth about the ludicruous and sometimes lethal nonsense that is homeopathy. The Society of Homeopaths responded by sending threatening letters to his hosting company until the page containing the article was taken down. Ben Goldacre has a full account here.
The internet being what it is, this kind of censorship tends to be counter-productive for those who engage in it. That is certainly the case with this attempt to muzzle the truth. You can now read the full text of the suppressed Quackometer article here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here and here, and in a whole lot more places, number increasing by the minute; or find it by carrying out this Google search, which reveals that the Society of Homeopaths have managed to get their own name inextricably associated with the article they tried to eliminate.
Truth will out.
