Larvatus Prodeo

My local council blew its trumpet over a “Wellness Week”, opening day being a fete-ish affair in a local park. Brilliant, I thought, bugger all to do on Sunday - I’ll pop down with the kids, watch them break their ankles on a bouncy castle then sue the bastards.

Imagine my horror when it turned out that Wellness Week turned out to be “Crackpot Con Job Week Sponsored by Canada Bay Council”. Now I don’t really care if Canada Bay Council made money out of or paid for the freak sideshow, what pisses me off is loony tune rip off merchants getting council stamped exposure for utter bollocks such as reflexology, herbology, hypnotism, chiropractors and iridology. These “disciplines” alone, despite their fancy medical terms such as “practitioner” and “treatment” are complete horseshit. At best they are enterprises by muppets, at worst a cynical rip off.

Shit like reflexology was presented as fact, capable of aiding irritable bowels, cancer recovery and sleepless nights. It is a fucking foot rub. Your big toe has fuck all to do with your brain.

All alternative, as in non scientifically proven, treatment is false.

The council might as well promote dowsing, ouija board sessions and facilitated communication for autistic kids. All are total bollocks. If it was “Cash Week” with promotions for dodgy Nigerian bank account scams, there would have been uproar. But slap on health tag and any old crap gets a run in.

These bastards make money out of false hope when people are weak. A council sanctioning crap like this is a bloody disgrace. It is an exploitation of the needy.

I’d have more hope of getting cash from LP advertising revenue than a hypnotist curing my baldness.