I never said you were the only one doing it. I see it on threads on pretty much every subject.
On this thread I'm seeing warnings that sound like "Yeah, you're fine now, but just wait. In a few years you're going to be totally blind!" Where's the evidence to support that statement?
I see a lot of completely unsourced claims about things like not being able to become a pilot and it being only a temporary fix and claims about the likelihood of your vision becoming worse as a result of the treatment. If 95% of the people are satisfied with the results, that does NOT automatically mean that 5% came out worse as a result. Some percent of that 5% most likely had their vision improved, but not as much as they had hoped for. For all I know, 95% of the 5% that weren't satisfied actually had their vision improved. Show me a legitimate source that says that 5% had their vision worse after the treatment, or retract the claim.
I agree with you that people had better do their research before letting somebody do some elective surgical procedure on their eyes, or any other part of their body for that matter. However, I'd hope their decision isn't swayed too much by people that seem to have an agenda of trying to get other people to reject getting it done based on made-up claims. It's as if the people arguing against getting it done have some need for other people to also reject it in order to feel better about their own decision.
So, you not only are not backing down from calling me a liar, but you're trying to say it's okay to call me one because lots of people on FR lie? That just digs the hole deeper.
Just because YOU were willing to take the very real (1 in 20) chance of having your vision worsened or your eyes permanently damaged to avoid having to wear glasses (for a few years, anyway, you WILL have to wear reading glasses later on, no matter what), does not mean that EVERYONE is willing to take that risk. Withholding information from people to try to sway them to have an expensive procedure that has a 5% chance of harming them is a form of lying that's much worse, IMO, than giving people all the info up front, good and bad, and letting them make up their own minds.
You MIGHT try reading that ENTIRE Wiki article, not just the parts you like, and maybe some other info, before you go around calling everyone who expresses reservations about the LASIK procedure a liar.