ASA - Time to opt out?
Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2011 11:42 am
Colleagues
Please see the two emails below.
Rgds
Soroush
From: ARH-Media@yahoogroups.com [mailto:ARH-Media@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of timothymaccaw
Sent: 07 August 2011 23:52
To: ARH-Media@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Hom-Media] Re: ASA - Time to opt out?
Opting out is effectively what Uschi Kraus-Harper has done with her response to the ASA (see below) after their fatuous demand for unwarranted website changes because of their current homeophobe attitude.
If I had a work website, I would be doing exactly the same.
If they can't accept a) that the HoC S & T Committee Report on Homeopathy was a stitch-up job that has subsequently been totally discredited, b)that they are being manipulated by pharma/medical interests hostile to an effective, safer competitive medical system, c) that double blind RCTs are in most instances invalid for the purposes of testing the homeopathic healthcare method,
that is their problem.
Tim
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My last email from 5th July 2011
Dear Ms McFinn
Please note that I have clearly stated that I shall be happy to cooperate and to sign a pro forma letter if it contains complaints that are reasonable, i.e. that have been made because I have statements on my website that are in breach of codes of honesty, truthfullness, decency and legality. As it stands, the complaints all have to do with the debate about the efficacy of homeopathy.
I repeat that as practitioners of an established form of medicine, according to your own ruling, homeopaths do not need to provide proof of efficacy for their form of medicine. You are using the report of the Commons Science and Technology Committee as a legal reference when it is no such thing. It seems to me that you are breaching your own rules and overstepping your remit. You are trying to threaten me with your sentence "...inform them of the action we intend to take". The word harrassment comes to mind and I shall consider taking legal steps if this does not stop.
Ursula Kraus-Harper MA PhD RSHom
Registered Homeopath
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FAO: Natasha McFlinn
Advertising Standards Authority
Mid City Place, 71 High Holborn
London
WC1V 6QT
Fax: 020 7242 3696
Email: natasham@asa.org.uk
ASSURANCE OF COMPLIANCE
This is an assurance that the following claims on the website for Ursula Kraus-Harper Homeopathy found in breach the British Code of Advertising, Sales Promotion and Direct Marketing, and similar claims that are likely to breach the Code, will not appear on our website or in other forms of marketing communications.
"Are you suffering from a long-standing physical or emotional illness?"
"Are conventional drugs producing too many unwanted side-effects?"
"Classical Homeopathy to support the body's own healing ability and help with a range of illnesses"
"CEASE Therapy for children with Autism and Autism Spectrum problems"
"Isopathy, a form of homeopathy, an effective method to detoxify your body (also used in the CEASE therapy)"
"I found a homeopath who cured me from twenty years of migraines"
"Last but not least, I would like to quote a friend in India who many years ago became very ill and was told by specialists, - after many examinations and tests - that he had about six months to live. By chance he saw a homeopath who gave him some of those little white pills, and within two months he recovered. "Homeopathy?", my friend said, "I don't understand it, I don't believe in it but I am alive because of it!""
"Allium Cepa, made from onion, is one of many excellent homeopathic medicines or remedies for hayfever."
"For homeopathy any recurrent symptom - chronic headaches, recurrent mouth ulcers, stomach ulcers, eczema, arthritis, depression and so on - is the expression of an underlying cause, an imbalance which the body is not able to redress on its own. Homeopathy's main aim is to stimulate the body's own healing power. The first signs of a return to health are often the patient's own words: "I feel much better in myself"."
"Everyday practice and plenty of scientific research show that homeopathy is indeed very effective"
"This does, however, not mean that they cannot cause aggravation of symptoms in the process of healing."
"Homeopathy is especially helpful with chronic conditions. Studies and extensive clinical experience show that a huge range of conditions including acne, ADHD, asthma, autism, depression, eczema, fibromyalgia, glue ear, hayfever, IBS, ME, migraine, osteoarthritis, psoriasis, or rheumatoid arthritis have benefited from homepathy. (see research section below)"
"Homeopathy has many very useful remedies for first aid situations and for all minor complaints such as sore throat, toothache or travel sickness."
"Homeopathy has many remedies for problems occurring during pregnancy and child-birth."
"Homeopathy is gentle and effective in the treatment of many children's ailments. "
"Homeopathy can support general well-being throughout your life-time, making you less susceptible to colds, coughs and influenza, and better able to remain calm in times of trouble."
"Homeopathic remedies are also very useful before and after an operation or dental treatment, as they can speed up the healing process considerably and reduce bruising."
"Chronic illnesses have often developed over many years and normally take longer to improve. In such cases follow-up appointments will usually be at monthly intervals, for several months. Some patients may only need a single consultation and one or two telephone follow-ups."
"Treating Autism and other Autism Spectrum Disorders with Homeopathy"
"The CEASE approach to treating autism "…stands out among many others for its clarity, simplicity, and, perhaps most importantly, its focus on cause. The fact that it costs a fraction of some other therapies is a bonus and makes it accessible to parents staggering under the cost of treating their autistic child"."
"The CEASE Therapy consists of systematic detoxification by tracking down and eliminating causative factors of illness such as vaccination medication environmental toxins
using homeopathic preparations of the substances that caused the autism."
"Clinical experience has shown that it works in almost all cases, except when there is brain damage."
"The detoxification of the various causative substances using homeopathically prepared remedies made from these substances that possibly triggered the autism"
"The treatment with Classical Homeopathy (using a single remedy that can provoke resonance in the child and thus restore equilibrium) and Inspiring Homeopathy (a modern form of classical homeopathy developed by Dr. Smits to treat universal human problems such as lack of self-confidence, guilt, old traumas, lack of grounding etc) to treat the disturbances that are not directly linked to toxic substances."
"the use of the homeopathic remedy Saccharum officinale to restore the integrity of the intestines; it can help to reduce the insatiable appetite many autistic children have, restore lack of appetite and reduce sugar cravings."
"Over the centuries and in many countries homeopaths have shown that patients who received specific homeopathic remedies during outbreaks of infectious illnesses such as Scarlet Fever were less likely to fall ill than those who did not receive homeopathic treatment."
"it is when these symptoms are known that homeopathic remedies can be successfully employed to protect or cure"
"Leaving aside criticisms which are biased and prejudiced rather than objective and scientific, and `philosophical" rather than rational, the answer is simple and obvious: Homeopathy works""
Name (please print): …………………………………………………..
Signature: ………………………………………………………………..
for and on behalf of Ursula Kraus-Harper Homeopathy
Date: ………………………………………………………………………
--- In ARH-Media@yahoogroups.com , lisachalme@... wrote:
Please see the two emails below.
Rgds
Soroush
From: ARH-Media@yahoogroups.com [mailto:ARH-Media@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of timothymaccaw
Sent: 07 August 2011 23:52
To: ARH-Media@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Hom-Media] Re: ASA - Time to opt out?
Opting out is effectively what Uschi Kraus-Harper has done with her response to the ASA (see below) after their fatuous demand for unwarranted website changes because of their current homeophobe attitude.
If I had a work website, I would be doing exactly the same.
If they can't accept a) that the HoC S & T Committee Report on Homeopathy was a stitch-up job that has subsequently been totally discredited, b)that they are being manipulated by pharma/medical interests hostile to an effective, safer competitive medical system, c) that double blind RCTs are in most instances invalid for the purposes of testing the homeopathic healthcare method,
that is their problem.
Tim
----
My last email from 5th July 2011
Dear Ms McFinn
Please note that I have clearly stated that I shall be happy to cooperate and to sign a pro forma letter if it contains complaints that are reasonable, i.e. that have been made because I have statements on my website that are in breach of codes of honesty, truthfullness, decency and legality. As it stands, the complaints all have to do with the debate about the efficacy of homeopathy.
I repeat that as practitioners of an established form of medicine, according to your own ruling, homeopaths do not need to provide proof of efficacy for their form of medicine. You are using the report of the Commons Science and Technology Committee as a legal reference when it is no such thing. It seems to me that you are breaching your own rules and overstepping your remit. You are trying to threaten me with your sentence "...inform them of the action we intend to take". The word harrassment comes to mind and I shall consider taking legal steps if this does not stop.
Ursula Kraus-Harper MA PhD RSHom
Registered Homeopath
----
FAO: Natasha McFlinn
Advertising Standards Authority
Mid City Place, 71 High Holborn
London
WC1V 6QT
Fax: 020 7242 3696
Email: natasham@asa.org.uk
ASSURANCE OF COMPLIANCE
This is an assurance that the following claims on the website for Ursula Kraus-Harper Homeopathy found in breach the British Code of Advertising, Sales Promotion and Direct Marketing, and similar claims that are likely to breach the Code, will not appear on our website or in other forms of marketing communications.
"Are you suffering from a long-standing physical or emotional illness?"
"Are conventional drugs producing too many unwanted side-effects?"
"Classical Homeopathy to support the body's own healing ability and help with a range of illnesses"
"CEASE Therapy for children with Autism and Autism Spectrum problems"
"Isopathy, a form of homeopathy, an effective method to detoxify your body (also used in the CEASE therapy)"
"I found a homeopath who cured me from twenty years of migraines"
"Last but not least, I would like to quote a friend in India who many years ago became very ill and was told by specialists, - after many examinations and tests - that he had about six months to live. By chance he saw a homeopath who gave him some of those little white pills, and within two months he recovered. "Homeopathy?", my friend said, "I don't understand it, I don't believe in it but I am alive because of it!""
"Allium Cepa, made from onion, is one of many excellent homeopathic medicines or remedies for hayfever."
"For homeopathy any recurrent symptom - chronic headaches, recurrent mouth ulcers, stomach ulcers, eczema, arthritis, depression and so on - is the expression of an underlying cause, an imbalance which the body is not able to redress on its own. Homeopathy's main aim is to stimulate the body's own healing power. The first signs of a return to health are often the patient's own words: "I feel much better in myself"."
"Everyday practice and plenty of scientific research show that homeopathy is indeed very effective"
"This does, however, not mean that they cannot cause aggravation of symptoms in the process of healing."
"Homeopathy is especially helpful with chronic conditions. Studies and extensive clinical experience show that a huge range of conditions including acne, ADHD, asthma, autism, depression, eczema, fibromyalgia, glue ear, hayfever, IBS, ME, migraine, osteoarthritis, psoriasis, or rheumatoid arthritis have benefited from homepathy. (see research section below)"
"Homeopathy has many very useful remedies for first aid situations and for all minor complaints such as sore throat, toothache or travel sickness."
"Homeopathy has many remedies for problems occurring during pregnancy and child-birth."
"Homeopathy is gentle and effective in the treatment of many children's ailments. "
"Homeopathy can support general well-being throughout your life-time, making you less susceptible to colds, coughs and influenza, and better able to remain calm in times of trouble."
"Homeopathic remedies are also very useful before and after an operation or dental treatment, as they can speed up the healing process considerably and reduce bruising."
"Chronic illnesses have often developed over many years and normally take longer to improve. In such cases follow-up appointments will usually be at monthly intervals, for several months. Some patients may only need a single consultation and one or two telephone follow-ups."
"Treating Autism and other Autism Spectrum Disorders with Homeopathy"
"The CEASE approach to treating autism "…stands out among many others for its clarity, simplicity, and, perhaps most importantly, its focus on cause. The fact that it costs a fraction of some other therapies is a bonus and makes it accessible to parents staggering under the cost of treating their autistic child"."
"The CEASE Therapy consists of systematic detoxification by tracking down and eliminating causative factors of illness such as vaccination medication environmental toxins
using homeopathic preparations of the substances that caused the autism."
"Clinical experience has shown that it works in almost all cases, except when there is brain damage."
"The detoxification of the various causative substances using homeopathically prepared remedies made from these substances that possibly triggered the autism"
"The treatment with Classical Homeopathy (using a single remedy that can provoke resonance in the child and thus restore equilibrium) and Inspiring Homeopathy (a modern form of classical homeopathy developed by Dr. Smits to treat universal human problems such as lack of self-confidence, guilt, old traumas, lack of grounding etc) to treat the disturbances that are not directly linked to toxic substances."
"the use of the homeopathic remedy Saccharum officinale to restore the integrity of the intestines; it can help to reduce the insatiable appetite many autistic children have, restore lack of appetite and reduce sugar cravings."
"Over the centuries and in many countries homeopaths have shown that patients who received specific homeopathic remedies during outbreaks of infectious illnesses such as Scarlet Fever were less likely to fall ill than those who did not receive homeopathic treatment."
"it is when these symptoms are known that homeopathic remedies can be successfully employed to protect or cure"
"Leaving aside criticisms which are biased and prejudiced rather than objective and scientific, and `philosophical" rather than rational, the answer is simple and obvious: Homeopathy works""
Name (please print): …………………………………………………..
Signature: ………………………………………………………………..
for and on behalf of Ursula Kraus-Harper Homeopathy
Date: ………………………………………………………………………
--- In ARH-Media@yahoogroups.com , lisachalme@... wrote: