Re: 3rd annual: Are shoes the cause of multiple sclerosis?

I believe the original post was a parody posted annually by someone...

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LAURA


"Sylv" <Sylv772003@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Not again! Isn't it too soon for the resurfacing of this "shoe" guy?
>
>>Statistical and physical evidence >indicates that
>>the habitual use of footwear during >childhood causes multiple sclerosis
>>in humans because countries and >climates that utilize more or deforming
>>footwear exhibit greater prevalence of >the disease. Women are affected
>>more than men; women's footwear is >more physically deforming to the
>>feet
>
> Talk about distorting the stats! You could drive a train engine
> through the holes in the logic presented here.
>
> But I'm not going to bother; I'll just ask one question: if "deforming
> footware" causes this damn disease, then why wasn't there an epidemic
> of it in China when they bound young girls' feet?
>
> Sheesh! Is Mr. Slanted Beds far behind?
>
> Sylvia
>


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