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[Tracy]

Oh no, not again...I give up.

- Tracy

[James Catmur]

Sometimes I do wonder how they survive in the UK! Here if you sell goods that are not 'as described' the buyer can demand damages any time within 6 years. So maybe I have answered my own question - I guess the buyers must believe what they are told and believe they get the benefits!

James

[James Catmur]

Tracy

We are just having fun (well I hope we are)

James

[mraffordable]

I have been a member of this forum for over a year and most of you have provided me with much very useful information. It is too bad that I now must be insulted because of my belief in the energy of crystals and minerals. Thank you, Tracy for sticking up fo the metaphysicians even though you are not a believer yourself. Mr. White, what you had to say about the Super Seven crystal is probably very acurate as far as its content goes. What you have to say about the people who believe in such things is tantamount to saying a Roman Catholic is a heretic because he/she prays to an idol. I am sure that you would not say such a thing or even question someones religious beliefs, so why do you feel it necessary to put down a very large group of people who share my belief? There are a great number of people who hold the belief that everything in this universe has a vibrational energy that can be put to use for many purposes besides just holding the atoms and molocules together. You have managed to alienate many of us in just a few keystrokes.
I am trying to justify my membership on this forum right now. I want to thank Tracy and jewelheart for their contribution in support of my beliefs. There have been a few other times when the "healee-feelee" terms have come up but not many that I have seen that were as blatantly intolerant as this one. I would be curious to have Jordi report on how this article affects the overall membership of the forum. I, for one, am considering dropping FMF. My organization is built on tolerance for ALL beliefs and for me to be a member of a forum that would allow this kind of intolerance feels a bit hypocritical. I have to weigh the information that I get against that.
I do appreciate the mineralogical information about the Super Seven. I will be more aware of what to look for when I do buy them. I just wish that the comments about metaphysics had been left out.
My mother always taught me that if you can't say something good about someone, don't say anything.

[alfredo]

A recent responsible double-blind study showed that the placebo effect is directly proportional to price, so a $10 sugar pill really does make you feel better than a $0.10 sugar pill. I suppose that would hold true for mystical crystals too, so the sellers might be doing the "patient" a favor when they sell a piece of common white quartz (sorry, I mean "azeztulite") for an outrageous price???

[Jordi Fabre]

OK, this is a scientific forum and we are proud to discuss about science in scientific terms.
If someone feels uncomfortable if John S. White denounce a fraud and describe it, probably he is in the wrong forum.

Fraud is the main concept of this thread, if discuss about it and denounce it (and others) looks intolerant, then my concept of 'tolerance' probably is so wrong as my English language ;-)

I will close this topic, I believe that more or less everybody explained their thoughts already. If someone wish re-start the discussion (or start a new discussion) he can do it opening a new thread.

Thanks to everybody. We return to talk about minerals and mineralogy?

Jordi