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Probably the way most people viewed the idea that a little atom with 
particles so small that they are still invisible to the human eye even 
with the ultimate in sophisticated microscopes could produce such a big 
bang at Hiroshima ;-)
Bette

CMNewell wrote:

> I'll expand a bit on my previous post.
>
> Do I think the amount of ethanol in RR as administered is sufficient 
> to induce a change in behavior in  a horse?
> No.
> At the price of the stuff, it would be prohibitively expensive to get 
> an equid drunk. Better to go with a fifth of Absolut.
>
> I was merely bemused by the fervor with which folks were seeking to 
> find whether minute quantities of this or that were prohibited, and 
> were overlooking something that to me  was pretty obvious.  Sort of 
> like worrying whether the peach  in peach brandy would be a problem.
>
> Do I think that the RR I ingested before my crash and burn was the 
> cause? Nope.
> But neither do I ascribe the many reported miraculous effects to the 
> stuff, either.
>
> I  don't necessarily buy the "post hoc, ergo propter hoc" proof.
> (Lest I be accused of pooh-poohing any but mainstream medicine, I will 
> confess to being a graduate of the IVAS veterinary acupuncture course, 
> a member of the Veterinary Botanical Medicine Association with a 
> number of hours of herbal medicine CE, and I recently completed the 
> first Tufts equine/canine chiropractic course)
>
> Most, if not all, of the  RR cases I have *seen* could be adequately 
> explained by the "secondary placebo effect".
> That is, the person using the stuff believes it will calm the 
> horse/dog/child, therefore they relax, and therefore the subject relaxes.
>
> I guess I'm simply too primitive to grasp the esoteric concepts of  
> vibrational medicine yet.
>
>                       --CMNewell, DVM
> (pass the peppermint schnapps, please)
>
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Bette Lamore
Whispering Oaks Arabians
Home of 16.2h TLA Halynov
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