Hi, RRM,
You are more than welcome to post here, as far as I am concerned, even if you are not a patient.
However, you may need a little education on patient sensitivities.
Most of us have been ill for a long time, with little or no medical care, and have been treated pretty abusively by medical professionals. Most of us have problems getting welfare for our disablement.
We do not usualy get well so our outlook on life and our expectations of what life can offer us are very different from yours.
We face discrimination because of our diagnosis, both from medical professionals and from our families. This history of discrimination has harmed us. Please try to be aware of this. You would not feel as justified attacking a black person or a jewish person for their beliefs, however strange, if you could see that those beliefs were held because of the history of discrimination they had suffered.
It is useful to be a little sensitive and tactful, even if you think some sufferers' beliefs are odd.
Please remember that many people who come here are ill, even bedridden.
PS. Incidentally, to be fair, I ought to thank you for starting this thread, (on Switzer's paper,) which turned out to be very thought-provoking!