The Society of Homeopaths Wins this Blog’s Gold Standard Award

The Society of Homeopaths in the United Kingdom has been at the forefront of modern homeopathy. Under increasing attacking by those who believe in bad science, the Society has taken the high road and insisted on quality responses and continues its role in helping to develop some of the world’s top homeopaths. From the Society of Homeopaths Web site:

Our vision is ‘homeopathy for all’ and we aim to achieve this both by supporting our membership and by raising the profile of homeopathy in general.The Society of Homeopaths is the largest organisation representing professional homeopaths in Europe with over 1500 members on its Register.Our members practice in accordance with The Society’s Code of Ethics and Practice and carry full public liability and indemnity insurance.Our Professional Conduct Department offers impartial assistance should difficulties arise between a patient and one of our members.

The Society of Homeopaths also sponsors conferences and seminars to upgrade the professional knowledge of its members. The Society of Homeopaths recently had Louis Klein FS Hom lecture in Oxford and also has had such important speakers as Rajan Sankaran and Jeremy Sherr.

Most importantly this organization is concerned about both the public and its members. It is important as a member of the public to support it since organizations like this prevent a monopolization of medicine by one interest group. Even if you aren’t into homeopathy, supporting this organization will continue to increase the level of health freedom and impart a message- the time for unquestioning belief in modern medicine’s safety and the conventional doctor’s ability to monitor the serious side effects of pharmaceutical drugs is over. The religion of conventional medicine is not in the public’s interest.

In one of the most bizarre things ever seen on the Internet there are actually individuals on the internet and blogs who are not even into homeopathy but spend inordinate amounts of time criticizing and “watching” the society. I would say its more like whining about the Society of Homeopaths and homeopathy in general.

They second guess everything a Society of Homeopath’s official says or does. You would think they would get a life. But they feel compelled to carry on the tradition of English bullying and absurdity. Hinkley, Gimpy et al. first complain that the Society is not strong enough and tough enough and then when the Society of Homeopaths actually take legal action against such vitriol, nastiness and unethical, illegal actions by a blogger these detractors complained it was too strong. Oh well, you can’t satisfy bizarre marginal members of society that talk ethics yet support such unethical actions.