Comments on: Vanessa Feltz and Other Mangy Foxes http://www.quackometer.net/blog/2008/07/vanessa-feltz-and-other-mangy-foxes.html Experiments and Thoughts on Quackery, Health Beliefs and Pseudoscience Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:47:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://www.quackometer.net/blog/2008/07/vanessa-feltz-and-other-mangy-foxes.html#comment-6496 Anonymous Mon, 28 Jul 2008 12:57:00 +0000 http://www.quackometer.net/wpblog/2008/07/vanessa-feltz-and-other-mangy-foxes.html#comment-6496 Maybe Homeopaths must have more sense of irony that the sense about science lot.<br/>Bang- I have been shot at. Maybe Homeopaths must have more sense of irony that the sense about science lot.
Bang- I have been shot at.

]]> By: Le Canard Noir http://www.quackometer.net/blog/2008/07/vanessa-feltz-and-other-mangy-foxes.html#comment-6495 Le Canard Noir Mon, 28 Jul 2008 09:59:00 +0000 http://www.quackometer.net/wpblog/2008/07/vanessa-feltz-and-other-mangy-foxes.html#comment-6495 I think I will have to add to my list of vermin that need to be shot - anonymous posters with no sense of irony. I think I will have to add to my list of vermin that need to be shot – anonymous posters with no sense of irony.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.quackometer.net/blog/2008/07/vanessa-feltz-and-other-mangy-foxes.html#comment-6494 Anonymous Sun, 27 Jul 2008 11:48:00 +0000 http://www.quackometer.net/wpblog/2008/07/vanessa-feltz-and-other-mangy-foxes.html#comment-6494 He was quite clearly joking about that bit. He was quite clearly joking about that bit.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.quackometer.net/blog/2008/07/vanessa-feltz-and-other-mangy-foxes.html#comment-6492 Anonymous Sat, 26 Jul 2008 00:51:00 +0000 http://www.quackometer.net/wpblog/2008/07/vanessa-feltz-and-other-mangy-foxes.html#comment-6492 I agree with one of the other commentators. You seem to be one of the people who fly off the handle at the merest glimpse of a wild animal in the presence of humans. <br/><br/>Please don't attempt to speak for other(former)rural dwellers like myself. Rabid shoot-anything-that moves gun nuts and people hysterical about the harm done by fox, etc, *create* more problems than actually existed before.<br/><br/>Too bad. This site actually has common sense about other things. I agree with one of the other commentators. You seem to be one of the people who fly off the handle at the merest glimpse of a wild animal in the presence of humans.

Please don’t attempt to speak for other(former)rural dwellers like myself. Rabid shoot-anything-that moves gun nuts and people hysterical about the harm done by fox, etc, *create* more problems than actually existed before.

Too bad. This site actually has common sense about other things.

]]> By: Interrobang http://www.quackometer.net/blog/2008/07/vanessa-feltz-and-other-mangy-foxes.html#comment-6486 Interrobang Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:46:00 +0000 http://www.quackometer.net/wpblog/2008/07/vanessa-feltz-and-other-mangy-foxes.html#comment-6486 If the worst thing the foxes do is upturn garbage cans, they can't possibly be any type of vermin worth worrying about (and you obviously have never encountered a North American raccoon). I don't exactly get what you have against minor nuisance animals in urban areas (or rural areas, for that matter). Do you just like killing things or something? <br/><br/>Where I live, I'd be worried about spotting a fox in a genuinely urban environment, because we don't have urban foxes, and abnormally-behaving animals are frequently rabid. On the other hand, the Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources vaccinates wildlife by laying vaccine-laden bait. It's certainly less of a hassle (and better for the local ecosystem) than to attempt to solve the problem with shotguns (and results in fewer accidental shootings). If the worst thing the foxes do is upturn garbage cans, they can’t possibly be any type of vermin worth worrying about (and you obviously have never encountered a North American raccoon). I don’t exactly get what you have against minor nuisance animals in urban areas (or rural areas, for that matter). Do you just like killing things or something?

Where I live, I’d be worried about spotting a fox in a genuinely urban environment, because we don’t have urban foxes, and abnormally-behaving animals are frequently rabid. On the other hand, the Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources vaccinates wildlife by laying vaccine-laden bait. It’s certainly less of a hassle (and better for the local ecosystem) than to attempt to solve the problem with shotguns (and results in fewer accidental shootings).

]]> By: kpjp http://www.quackometer.net/blog/2008/07/vanessa-feltz-and-other-mangy-foxes.html#comment-6473 kpjp Wed, 16 Jul 2008 13:35:00 +0000 http://www.quackometer.net/wpblog/2008/07/vanessa-feltz-and-other-mangy-foxes.html#comment-6473 Wait a minute, you mean every fox gets the same <br/>homeopathic remedy, without considering the individual character of the fox in question? Doesn't sound very homeopathic to me. I thought the whole point of homeopathy was to give individualised remedies, you know: the "holistic" approach.<br/>This probably accounts for the less than 100% succes rate. Wait a minute, you mean every fox gets the same
homeopathic remedy, without considering the individual character of the fox in question? Doesn’t sound very homeopathic to me. I thought the whole point of homeopathy was to give individualised remedies, you know: the “holistic” approach.
This probably accounts for the less than 100% succes rate.

]]> By: Le renard Homeopathique http://www.quackometer.net/blog/2008/07/vanessa-feltz-and-other-mangy-foxes.html#comment-6463 Le renard Homeopathique Sun, 13 Jul 2008 19:28:00 +0000 http://www.quackometer.net/wpblog/2008/07/vanessa-feltz-and-other-mangy-foxes.html#comment-6463 Dear Dr Kill<br/>Bistmillah! 50% of the UK population into homeopathy!<br/>I prescribe you Hyperbole in the <br/>10M homeopathic potency. Take 1 pill of this remedy 3 times daily until improvement- This may however be for rather a long time. Dear Dr Kill
Bistmillah! 50% of the UK population into homeopathy!
I prescribe you Hyperbole in the
10M homeopathic potency. Take 1 pill of this remedy 3 times daily until improvement- This may however be for rather a long time.

]]> By: niobevulpes http://www.quackometer.net/blog/2008/07/vanessa-feltz-and-other-mangy-foxes.html#comment-6462 niobevulpes Sun, 13 Jul 2008 07:43:00 +0000 http://www.quackometer.net/wpblog/2008/07/vanessa-feltz-and-other-mangy-foxes.html#comment-6462 Next thing you know they'll be using quantum touch on rabbits with myxi. Next thing you know they’ll be using quantum touch on rabbits with myxi.

]]> By: dr kill http://www.quackometer.net/blog/2008/07/vanessa-feltz-and-other-mangy-foxes.html#comment-6461 dr kill Sat, 12 Jul 2008 23:34:00 +0000 http://www.quackometer.net/wpblog/2008/07/vanessa-feltz-and-other-mangy-foxes.html#comment-6461 What the hell is wrong with you people? Oh, I forgot, there is no Rabies in Britain. <br/><br/>Honestly, half of you believe in Allah and the other half are homeopaths.<br/><br/>Those of you who can still think for yourselves, turn out the lights and come to the States. What the hell is wrong with you people? Oh, I forgot, there is no Rabies in Britain.

Honestly, half of you believe in Allah and the other half are homeopaths.

Those of you who can still think for yourselves, turn out the lights and come to the States.

]]> By: Svetlana http://www.quackometer.net/blog/2008/07/vanessa-feltz-and-other-mangy-foxes.html#comment-6459 Svetlana Sat, 12 Jul 2008 22:00:00 +0000 http://www.quackometer.net/wpblog/2008/07/vanessa-feltz-and-other-mangy-foxes.html#comment-6459 Aha! Your Milgrom will help us! :) Like fun! "Helper"! ;) Here is about your "great physicist" Milgrom:<br/>http://ecam.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/eletters/nen032v1<br/><br/>Birdbrained theorist. Aha! Your Milgrom will help us! :) Like fun! “Helper”! ;) Here is about your “great physicist” Milgrom:
http://ecam.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/eletters/nen032v1

Birdbrained theorist.

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