>  Kevin <sevenths...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > It is well known that in general all myopes have a deterioration at the
> > very edges of the retina as compared to people who have not worn
> > glasses.
> > An optometrist assumes that the deterioration is a result of being
> > myopic. I would suggest that the fact that the person is trained into
> > using a smaller area of the retina should not be ignored.
> > Kevin

> BatesCultist:

> Your statements are absolutely scientifically false.

> 1. ALL myopes DO NOT have deterioration of the retina. Some do, some
> don't. For that matter, so do hyperopes. Some do, some don't. For that
> matter, so do people with no optical correction. Some do, some don't.
> And some people are born with a predisposition, and some people are
> simply born that way.

> 2. Lattice degeneration, peripheral holes and tears have nothing to do
> with whether a person has worn glasses or not, and hardly to do with
> whether or not there is a refractive error. The only FACT we know for
> certain is that SOME people with enlongated axial length or who have a
> physical growth anomolgy thining the peripheral retina, or those who
> have had head trauma are at higher risk for "deterioration". Wearing
> glasses has nothing to with it. Hitting your head on the windshield
> because some loonatic crashed into you because s/he was Bate-d into
> not using optical correction is a definate potential cause.

> 3. We don't ASSUME anything, We examine, we observe, we report.

> 4. It is not a fact that a myope wearing glasses is trained into using
> a smaller area of the retina. The perihperal retina gets plently of
> stimulation----and whatever, it has nothing to do with peripheral
> retina anomolies.

> SO....

> Your statements are absolutely scientifically false. Like most
> everything Bates.  But, your a zealot, a fanatic and nothing contrary
> to your position means a damn thing to you.

> --LB