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June 27, 2005 Having been an advocate of holistic medicine for a very long time, I am very disheartened to see the basic merits of same being promoted by a raving lunatic - it is doing such harm to the cause. Holistic medicine goes back to the beginning of time, I have witnessed miracles performed via this unobtrusive method - I watched in despair as alopathic veterinarians of varying levels of "expertise" in their fields, failed miserably with the care of my beloved dog. When referred to a holistic veterinarian (a far less costly alternative) a change of diet, some herbs and vitamin supplements, and my dog's illness was completely reversed. I will never again see an alopathic veterinarian - nor will I will go the alopathic route for myself, unless it is suggested by my holistic practitioner. Too many doctors are influenced by drug companies, and the drugs are being approved by the FDA at an alarming rate, their serious side-effects only coming to light after too much damage has been done, and I do not, under any circumstances, approve of the prescribing of drugs such as Ritalin, to our children willy-nilly. So while I agree with Tom Cruise when he says drugs only mask the problem - I submit; so does celebrity. Celebrity masks the fact that an actor is just that, a mere actor, and has no right speaking with authority on anything other than his or her craft. Taking medical advice from Tom Cruise is akin to getting marriage advice from O.J. Alternative medicine is not the property of, nor was it discovered by Scientologists, and I'd like that fact to be clear. I imagine L. Ron Hubbard is spinning in his grave, or spaceship, or wherever it is that scientologists go when they die, because Mr. Cruise's antics; from berating Matt Lauer of The Today Show, (whilst misusing the word glib) to jumping up and down on Oprah's couch, to finding a naive enough virgin to sacrifice for the cause, and popping the question in the most cliche of manners, to hiring a babysitter for said virigin bride...are making the already creepy reputation of scientology that much creepier - I don't imagine he's going to be able to recruit anyone of sound mind and body, so he is not being a very effective spokesperson. I don't imagine Steven Spielberg is thrilled about the recent attention being paid Tom either, when's the last time the words "War of the Worlds" were uttered in any news item about Tom Cruise? The man is out of control! On the other hand, Tom Cruise has managed to provide a new definition for a tired and too vague a word; nuts. As in "I saw so and so at a party last night, my God he was nuts! I mean Tom Cruise nuts!" So thanks for that TC! ------------ About the author Susan Daley: I live in Burlington, Ontario. I have a website www.loveyourjob.ca Email: susan@mail.loveyourjob.ca Tell a friend about this site! ------------ All articles are EXCLUSIVE to Useless-Knowledge.com. Please link to this article rather than copying and pasting it onto your site (which would be unauthorized and illegal). |
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