Old timers from diabetes.co.uk will remember the Dr. Jay Wortman fiasco. Jay a type two diabetic and lowcarb expert was banned from the forum some years ago. This was back in the days Cugila ruled the place like a demented tyrant, banning anyone who dared to question his authority. Arguably his leading henchman and enforcer was the idiotic Sid Bonkers. Sid enthusiastically put the boot into Jay. Sid makes statements on a regular basis such as “Which is why I believe you to be just another poorly informed low carber who is trying desperately to give kudos to a diet that has only been proved to be useful in the short term” BTW Sid likes to say he is a low carber. He isn’t, but never misses an opportunity to have a go at low carbers. Yes, he is one confused man. On June 10th, 2013, 11:02 am he said,
“What I have said on numerous occasions is that restrictive diets do not work in the long term and there is lots of evidence to support that stance, in fact it is the reason why low carb diets are generally only useful in the short term”
“restrictive diets do not work in the long term” this from a man who lives on cornflakes and other junk and on a stated 1200 calories per day. Well Sid’s diet is very restrictive in my opinion, and he has been on it for a long time. Over the last few days he has made a complete fool of himself, Sid’s good at that, attacking newbie’s is his forte ! Over the weekend the Bonkers one went into full attack mode accusing a Doctor of being a troll. The thread quickly disappeared, victory to the lowcarb anti buffoon ? Err no ! The forum management checked the “Troll” out and the person is genuine and is a Doctor. An intelligent posted this comment when the thread was restored.
“I am disgusted to be quite honest we constantly complain about the medical profession being blinkered about low carb, finally we find someone willing to spend his or her time on this and they are treated in such a way some of your responses (obvious which) were downright awful. I am ashamed of "us"“
Another poster said. “I was watching this thread yesterday with interest - and it never crossed my mind that this was not a genuine posting from a G.P. However, when the challenges and accusations of 'troll' (not sure what that is!) appeared, I then thought I had been somewhat naive. Today, I just feel sad that - although verified as genuine - I doubt he/she will be heard from again - and as a newly diagnosed and confused type 2 I would have been so interested in hearing more of his work”
In the history of the forum Bonkers has been involved in more threads being locked and more grief than anyone else, the big question has to be why has he not been banned. I hope the Doctor returns to the forum and I believe he could be very valuable to many of it’s members, as for Bonkers, he is a liability and a menace to the diabetic community in my opinion.
Eddie
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