I notice that they actually went public with this issue and expressed will to do something about it. And look, an uncharacteristic thing for Americans: they thought of it ahead of time, well at least relatively speaking!

>>6171

>new laws they fear will lead to them being "persecuted and prosecuted."

Good. The witchhunt starts here. Lab-demonstrable, and thus scientifically PROVABLE abilities, or GTFO.

>>6171

>'With the changes expected to come into force next month, spiritualists have faced a barrage of headlines gleefully suggesting that they should have seen it coming.'

And therefore they're all a bunch of fakes, frauds & charlatans. If they can't give predictions with exact, precise details (even down to time, date & map co-ordinates of when & where said event will happen), then there's no basis to their claims of 'paranormal powers'. Thus they HAVE to be made subject to consumer protection laws if they charge customers for their 'services'.

>They think skeptics might bring malicious prosecutions to force spiritualists to prove in court that they can heal people, see into the future or talk to the dead."

They can, and WILL. Thank goodness for the litigious society we live in today. If this results in the complete destruction of such superstitious practices, so be it. I hope the next target is religion itself. Clergy are FORCED to prove, in court, that God/Allah/Jehovah etc exist. If they CAN'T physically produce him, then religion & the promotion of such is BANNED.

Why do you hate religon so much

>>6176
Why should their businesses be so scrutinized and regulated? If people are stupid enough to believe fortune tellers really do what they say they do shouldn't they be separated from their money anyway?

If these people didn't waste their money on trying to predict the future they'd just be doing something else just as pointless with their money.

Frivolous nanny laws like the one described here should be frowned upon. It just clutters up the system and makes law in general more of a joke.

You should feel bad for being so dumb.

>>6499

Because it's fraud and the promotion of uncritical thinking erodes society. Not to mention the fact that such misplaced faith can actually endanger lives.

>>6502
A law that only exists to protect people from making bad choices is what discourages critical thought. People will refuse to think for themselves if they believe the government is going to make laws to protect them from every little con.

>>6510
Huh?

>>6510

>People will refuse to think for themselves if they believe the government is going to make laws to protect them from every little con.

So all anti-fraud laws should be repealed, and fraudsters given carte blanche, is that what you're saying?

>>6515
Existing laws don't necessarily need to be disposed of, but it's pointless to add more to the heap.

"Young said that when the mother and daughter woke up Thursday, "they were both kind of tired. The mother said, 'I'm going to go take a nap real quick.' And that was the last she had talked to her.""
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/02/AR2008050201555_2.html

Immediately tired after waking up? Maybe sleeping gas, or drugged food.

"that’s another sore point with skeptics, who say that when women commit suicide, it is rarely by hanging themselves"
http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/05/02/skepticism-and-sadness-after-death-of-dc-madam/

government kills inconvenient people, media doesn't bother to look much into it.
governements have been doing this forever and they aren't going to be stopping any time soon. it's not a remarkable observation or anything.

Good, Good.

>>6389 government kills inconvenient people, media doesn't bother to look much into it.

Aren't these links to "media" websites looking into it?

lol conspiracy!

Oh come on. As if people always get a good night's sleep and wake up completely refreshed. The idea to hang herself probably came from Brandy Britton's suicide, one of Palfrey's former escorts. Palfrey herself had said that she had absolutely no intention to go to jail again. She had posted all the phone records of her clients and we can only guess what FBI already knows. Murdering her at this point wouldn't make much sense.

"Florida's Orlando Sentinel and WESH television reported that Palfrey's condominium manager met with her the previous Monday and said, "She did not seem the least bit distraught" and because she was a "class act" expressed doubt that she would have been in a "shed". She spoke of her future, musing that she expected to have a shorter time in prison for good behavior and that she may move to Germany afterwards. She moved her possessions to her mother's home in preparation for prison.[12][13] Additionally, her mother said she had "no indication" that Palfrey was planning to commit suicide.[11]"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deborah_Jeane_Palfrey

"Palfrey was quoted as saying "I guess I'm made of something that Brandy Britton wasn't made of." giving a clear indication that she had no intention of doing the same."
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/60615

>>6407
She also said she would never kill herself, and that she absolutely did NOT want to wind up like Britton. She didn't say this just once in passing, but in several different recorded interviews.

And although she was in a seedy business, just about everyone says she was a class act, with a good education (holding 2 degrees and trying for a 3rd), and that it would be totally out of her character to hang herself in a dingy old shed.

People go back on what they say all the time.

Have you carried out every single thing you've ever said you'd do?

"Murder was the first thing I thought of as well."

"Women don't hang themselves, too violent. Particularly at their mothers house, too emotional"

"I thought she was murdered"

"I'm not a conspiracy theorist but the first thing I thought was murder as well. She could have been drugged then been placed in the noose and still died by hanging. There are some drugs that are untraceable by toxicology reports."

http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/05/how-would-you-m.html

>>6492
I haven't done everything I said I would do, however, I have NOT done all the things I said I would absolutely NEVER do.

ahhh it's nice to own a small sports car that gets 31mpg.

I guess the yanks still don't care too much about switching to smaller cars like the godless Yurpeens. Oh no, gotta have that 6-liter gas-guzzling truck engine in that SUV. In europe, family cars with the usual 1.6 or 1.8 liter engine get that 8 liters per 100 kilometers (approx 30 mpg) in city traffic. On a highway it's even better.

But oh no, trust the yanks to go with trick solutions. Gotta explore all the wrong things before finally yielding to the right thing. Dumbasses.

>>6438

Our car companies need to start making cars like you described. Imports are a bitch to get.

>>6491
Last time I checked it was pretty damn easy to purchase a Japanese/Korean car with good mpg. European cars are easily obtainable too, but they usually cost more than they're worth and don't have the efficiency of the Asian cars.

My Honda is nearly 17 years old, still running fine and more efficient than most other cars on the road.

Or you could car pool, see what the public transportation is like in your city, or even use a bicycle and loose a few pounds you fat fucks.

>>6501

Agreed. Like this fella in the pic, I own a Brompton bicycle, the only one of it's kind that can be taken on an airliner as carry-on luggage (as long as it's in a bag). But it's easily folded to take on the train, bus etc. When I see cars, I'm glad I never learned how to drive. Cars are just four wheeled money-pit death-traps. At least when I buy a bike, along with a decent lock, lights, basic tools etc, that's it. And the greatest feeling is when there's a traffic jam, and cars are bumper-to-bumper & belching out pollution, I can just sail right by on my bike, and get to where I want to go with little or no delay. And unlike them, I don't generate pollution. And I keep fit. In this context, bikes are SUPERIOR to cars.

I love how this news article is essentially one massive troll -- and so many 4chan idiots fell for it hook, line, and sinker! Somebody over at Wired must be very, very pleased with himself right now.

4chan INVENTED cats

>>6294

In the same way (as the meme goes) that 'Al Gore invented the internet'*, eh? Just keep telling yourselves that.

*- The butthurt Yanks' way of being in denial that an American DIDN'T invent the internet - i.e. the WWW - as we know it today.

>>6294

And I invented memes. Your point?

>>6304
Shutup Dawkins.

P.S, Caturday comes from Fark.

>>6303
It's actually just a joke, but whatever.