I had my first post hidden today on DU3.

[Ian David]

Apparently, the "natural medicine" crowd thinks it's "misleading" to call it "natural medicine" when the source of said medicine is an illegally obtained human penis.

"Poster equates human castration with naturopathic medicine, unconnected to the article, which is about a crazy man cutting someone's dick off."

(warning- Graphic images at link):
http://www.thezimbabwemail.com/world/11221-police-arrest-man-selling-freshly-cut-penis.html

Sigh.

I really wish the woo-woos would keep a more open mind.

Crazy man cutting someone's dick off.... crazy man cutting a rhinoceros's horn off... crazy man diluting something past the point where it doesn't exist anymore... I don't see the difference.

But, apparently they found a jury that does.

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Police arrest man selling naturopathic medicine

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Poster equates human castration with naturopathic medicine, unconnected to the article, which is about a crazy man cutting someone's dick off.

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A randomly-selected Jury of DU members completed their review of this alert at Sat Apr 14, 2012, 11:03 AM, and voted 4-2 to HIDE IT.

Juror #1 voted to HIDE IT and said: Flame bait. Ian why be an unsevered dick?
Juror #2 voted to HIDE IT and said: No explanation given
Juror #3 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE and said: Giving the OP the benefit of the doubt.
Juror #4 voted to HIDE IT and said: I was genuinely conflicted about what to do here. I went with 'hide it' on the grounds that it is not appropriate for the Health forum. Belongs in the Lounge, maybe with a 'weird news' tag or something.
Juror #5 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE and said: Gack. And also, GACK. The low-voltage headline is appropriate, and the content disgusting. But not deserving of censorship.
Juror #6 voted to HIDE IT and said: No explanation given

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