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kimmerspixelated Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-27-10 05:16 PM
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16. It used to insult the hell out of me to see "Woo"
as a label, esp. from all those we have come to run into on the DU! BUUUUT! I've gotten over it. Mostly, I have sympathy for those so limited in their beliefs now, because when it comes to serious illnesses, the people that nix all woo as snake oil or unproven are throwing out what could be the cure they really need.I can't imagine being limited to just Big Pharma. I'll never forget how I got interested in the first place in alt. therapies.. I had a bad chest cold, and was convinced if I didn't have lung cancer then I was doomed to get it(like Dad), so being the hypochondriac I was back then, I started reading everything, and by chance at the library I came across a whole book of herbals and remedies and vit. therapies..., and it was so eye-opening that I was hopeful, and I felt so lucky, and felt gratitude for being able to connect the dots for my own health.

So what I am saying is I feel sorry for the close-minded.

But, Woo, I feel is a terrible insult...but it slides off my back these days...
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  -"Newage" or "Woo"? kentauros  Dec-26-10 05:38 PM   #0 
  - I like "woo-woo" because it's fun to say ...  mysticalchick   Dec-26-10 06:37 PM   #1 
  - If it still works for you, keep it!  kentauros   Dec-26-10 06:46 PM   #2 
  - I say "I'm really kind of New Agey"  get the red out   Dec-26-10 07:15 PM   #3 
  - I prefer Theosophist  PADemD   Dec-26-10 11:58 PM   #4 
  - Sure, that's a positive self-label :)  kentauros   Dec-27-10 12:07 AM   #5 
     - Yes, but I don't need to use someone's derogatory term for myself.  PADemD   Dec-27-10 06:47 AM   #7 
  - i keep thinking of "Woo Girls" whenever i hear "woo"  NuttyFluffers   Dec-27-10 06:31 AM   #6 
  - I love "woo-woo"....  OneGrassRoot   Dec-27-10 07:00 AM   #8 
  - I'm a mix ....  Myrina   Dec-27-10 09:12 AM   #9 
  - I like to "own" it and capitalize it: "The Woo."  silverweb   Dec-27-10 11:01 AM   #10 
  - Your "friend" sounds more like a Republican  kentauros   Dec-27-10 12:12 PM   #11 
     - He's a hard-core Libertarian...  silverweb   Dec-27-10 05:04 PM   #15 
  - Ew, neither!  MorningGlow   Dec-27-10 12:35 PM   #12 
  - I really don't know what I am.  Cleita   Dec-27-10 12:42 PM   #13 
  - You might want to look into the various mystic sects  kentauros   Dec-27-10 12:58 PM   #14 
  - It used to insult the hell out of me to see "Woo"  kimmerspixelated   Dec-27-10 05:16 PM   #16 
  - Seems to me the difference between pagan and new age is a few decimal points.  davsand   Dec-27-10 11:41 PM   #17 
 

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