Posted by Anyuser on December 9, 2002, at 19:06:30
In reply to Re: You miss the point » Anyuser, posted by Alan on December 9, 2002, at 18:26:21
> I don't get where you are coming from.
I am against PBers going around Dr. Bob and attempting to censor other PBers by ratting them out to the government, or their employers, or their ISP, or anybody else.
>You are contradicting yourself.
Not so. I am in favor of FDA information, such as it is, being availble in addition to, but not in lieu of, other sources of information.
> You don't seriously believe do you that a pharmrep isn't directly pedaling by posting to PB?
Direct sales would be send me your credit card number and I'll send you my product.
>How else could it possibly be characterised?
"Mutual support and education." Obviously, a post from an individual without a mood disorder but with a commercial interest in his/her advice is categorically different from advice from somebody with a mood disorder and no commercial interest. One could make similar qualifications about doctors with axes to grind--anti-drug, pro-talk therapy, etc. For that matter, one could make similar qualifications about any poster that gives advice, offers an opinion, makes pronouncements. I think we all ought to be competent to take potential bias into account when listening to what other posters have to say. You, and others, obviously have with respect to pharmrep. The "whom do you trust" issue is complicated, and in any event, I think the issue should be resolved by Dr. Bob blocking comment he doesn't want on his site, and not by other posters acting as vigilantes. How would you like it somebody were so antagonized by your advice on benzos that they tried to rat you out? You wouldn't, and you shouldn't.
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