Comments on: toxic

By: fallingleaf

fallingleaf — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 21:04:48 +0000

Not that I believe it, but the claim of homeopathy is that the diluted solution will have the opposite effect of the original substance. So something that causes vomiting, when diluted, would be an anti-nausea drug. So a small amount of pollution would make the ocean cleaner than no pollution? Homeopathy is still bollocks!

By: ARU

ARU — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 05:18:22 +0000

I love the bit about pollution in the ocean. I wonder what the excuse would be for that…

By: carolita

carolita — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 20:05:24 +0000

Those buttocks (on both Jesus and Mo) are very humanity in all its human homeliness.

By: Jel

Jel — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 21:20:53 +0000

If you read Alan Bennett’s Untold Stories- homeopaths do try to use their snake oil for cancer.

Expensive snake oil at that.

It’s missing legs that they don’t use it for – just like miracle cures. And with the same effect

By: tie

tie — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 18:39:43 +0000

roodbooy… not sure what you are on about.

double blind controlled tests are design to remove bias from a test, if homoeopathy seems to “work” outside the controlled tests, but it does not make a difference when double blind tests are in place, then the positive effect is placebo.

that is why they don’t use homoeopathy for serious stuff, like a Cancer. Wishing it to disappear with all your heart, does not make it so. Even if you feel better about it for the time being.

By: r00db00y

r00db00y — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 16:15:44 +0000

Hey tie,

So what if you try it just to prove someone wrong, but it ends up working better than the prescribed stuff? Is that still faith? I suppose “subconciously” you’d actually be telling yourself it works, right, that’s why it works? Can someone pray without actually knowing it?

By: tie

tie — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 10:56:24 +0000

Mags, it’s called the “placebo effect” of a 1hour pep talk with a doctor and water with a fancy sticker on it.

If diluting made compounds stronger, then all natural springs would be toxic, due to minute traces of excrement in the soil, minute traces of mercury …

Every time they do controlled double blind tests on homeopathy it shows no effect.
Whatever you like it or not, telling yourself it worked is EXACTLY what makes it work. It’s called Placebo, or prayer, or faith.

By: prozacville

prozacville — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 08:31:12 +0000

I’m finding myself getting quietly turned on here by J&M’s flabby buttocks. Worrying.

By: Mags

Mags — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 03:35:38 +0000

Well now, I may not believe in magic but when I broke my arm the Arnica 30 (a homoeopathic [note spelling] dilution) it worked better than the heavy duty drugs the medics approved. Not that I believed it would, it just did… Anything was worth trying!

By: Satantiago

Satantiago — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 19:57:08 +0000

What’s that line running down Mo’s chest in the 2nd panel? Is it the scar left by the angel who washed down Mo’s insides with zamzam water? I think I can see Mo’s hairy starfish in panel 4, the author sure left no detail out. Congrats on your 200th cartoon. It’s the 200th, isn’t it? How could you people keep track?

By: sacredserenity

sacredserenity — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 17:43:11 +0000

this was great… happy 200th… plz make 200 million cartoons…

ok thats a lot but this cartoon is just too good

By: Uncle Roger

Uncle Roger — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 17:41:01 +0000

Woohoo! Happy 200th!

By: Ompus

Ompus — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 16:02:40 +0000

Ya know, 10cc’s of bong water, properly diluted, should give me a *sweet* homeopathic high for the next 700-800 years.

By: JayBee

JayBee — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 13:13:00 +0000

Hahaha! OMG
This made my day! I was worried about an exam I have to take in an hour; NO MORE!
Happy 200th

By: Cass

Cass — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 22:42:26 +0000

Happy 200th and many more

By: Ketil G

Ketil G — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 17:52:23 +0000

This was funny, i like this cartoon. Hope you never stop drawing jesus and mo.

happy200th

By: tie

tie — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 17:28:57 +0000

nice one,

“homoeopathy” wasting your taxes with nicely branded water…

If they want placebo effect why they don’t just go an pray, like the rest of the nuts?

By: Rudis

Rudis — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 16:44:07 +0000

Hole-istic medicine.

By: techskeptic

techskeptic — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 15:42:13 +0000

LOL! You are brilliant!

By: Rob

Rob — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 15:38:26 +0000

Happy 200th J&M! (and the rubber ducky too)