Re: Excellent discussion about myopia PREVENTION.

On Sep 29, 10:59 pm, "otisbr...@xxxxxx" <otisbr...@xxxxxx> wrote:
Dear Second-opinion friends,

Subject: Here is a discussion on how to avoid ENTRY into
myopia.

http://breakfornews.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2254

It is about 35 minutes -- so click, listen, and
enjoy.

Some day you may be directed to listen to
this audio -- to help your own children with
prevention.

Keep an open mind,

Otis

yes-- parents should definitely familiarize themselves with a handful
of different fairy tales so they can stimulate their children's
imaginations and help them fall to sleep at bedtime. Rapunzel is one
of my favorites, but there are delightful books chock-full of
interesting tales by such talented authors as the Brothers Grimm
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children%27s_and_Household_Tales).

actually, the tale written by Don Rehm that Otis is referring to, is
inappropriate for children in my opinion since it contains hate-
mongering sections such as when Mr. Rehn accuses the director of the
National Eye Institute of accepting bribes from large optical
companies so as to deliberately "hook" U.S. citizens on the use of
eyeglasses (http://www.myopia.org/nei.htm). Children shouldn't learn
to behave in such a manner and it is regrettable that Mr. Rehm never
matured beyond the mental age of 12 before writing his website.

But I do agree that you should keep an open mind when you read the
stuff written by fanatics like Don Rehm and Otis Brown. they do not
intentionally mean to be liars and con-men (I think) but instead they
are simply mentally-challenged and mis-informed so that they actually
believe the dingle-berry claims they make. Otis Brown would actually
recommend that nearsighted people wear reading glasses so that their
distance vision is even more blurred than it normally would. He
believes that such a treatment can prevent further changes in a
persons eyeglass prescription even though clear scientific studies
have disproved what he says decades ago. I suppose he doesn't care
that people, should they take his advise, might run over small animals
or children while driving or be unable to see cars stopped ahead of
them on the road. Mr. Brown's treatment method has actually caused
some people to develop double-vision, and has caused at least one
angry citizen to file a formal complaint to the authorities in the
state where he lives. So I would ask, which would be worse-- the
disease or the (alleged) cure?

In the end, Mr. Rehm and Mr. Brown are rather pitiful and should
probably be humored rather than challenged. If you try to confront
them and ask them to PROVE their claims they become unstable and
perhaps could harm someone or even themselves. It's pretty safe to
assume that their mental illness manifests itself in more ways than
just what they say to us in this newsgroup. They could have family
who live with them at home and their well-being could be in jeopardy.
If we "set them off" by publically-demonstrating their ignorance in
this newsgroup (again) we might be hearing about their reaction when
we turn on CNN and listen to breaking news stories about murder-
suicides,etc.

Just remember-- it's your vision and your eyes. Don't trust your
health to untrained and inexperienced wackos who post ideas on the
internet. Visit a real eye doctor and find out the truth.

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