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Reply With QuoteGood luck to all those that 'exercise' their rightOriginally Posted by Barry Shnikov
Whats your point anyway ?
I couldn't find my thread about exorcism - I think it got moved outside and now I can't find it because I'm not registered. Sorry about that.
Ahhhneeway,
here's more outrageously sensationalised journalism from someone who doubtless didn't check his sources because of course we all believe official vatican statements before we believe anybody else.
Where the Polish guy says he sees 20 possessed people every week - do you think that's 1,000 people a year? Must be the same 20 people, more or less? You think?
Good luck to all those that 'exercise' their right
Whats your point anyway ?
Love this bit:
Internet addicts and yoga devotees are also at risk, he said.
Love this even more:
Jankowski cited the case of a woman who asked for a divorce days after renewing her wedding vows as part of a marriage counseling program. What was suspicious, he said, was how the wife suddenly developed a passionate hatred for her husband.
"According to what I could perceive, the devil was present and acting in an obvious way," he said. "How else can you explain how a wife, in the space of a couple of weeks, could come to hate her own husband, a man who is a good person?"
...As for the afflicted wife? "We're still working with her," he said.
The devil must be present and obvious in a helluva lot of marriages.
Barry's point usually is along the lines of:
and concludes as such:
What a bunch of useless hairy slug eaters !
I know quite a few people that can do the last one ... perhaps they are possessed? Would explain quite a lot.Exorcists said the people they help can be in the grip of evil to varying degrees. Only a small fraction, they said, are completely possessed by demons -- which can cause them to display inhuman strength, speak in exotic tongues, recoil in the presence of sacred objects or overpower others with a stench.
I liked that one particularly, as well.
Woman decides she can't stand her husband after they get married. Only possible answer is she is possessed.
This is what comes of having people live a life of celibacy so that their understanding of the real world is peripheral, at best.
Try as I might, I'm having a little trouble recognising this description of myself...Barry's point usually is along the lines of:
and concludes as such:
What a bunch of useless hairy slug eaters !
Re: More sensationalist journalism!!
I've never seen a hairy slug. Are they native to France?
Well they do eat snails over there and slugs are pretty much shell-less snails, so she may well be familiar with a few hairy eaters of slugs ;-)
But I do like the idea and imagery of hairy slugs.
And it states they were already in Marriage Counseling, so why would he be surprised all was not rosy in the garden?Woman decides she can't stand her husband after they get married. Only possible answer is she is possessed.
This is what comes of having people live a life of celibacy so that their understanding of the real world is peripheral, at best.
I know, I'm having a really dry spell. If I was more inspired, I'd do your diary... I'm surprised DF hasn't done it already to be honest, you're easy material
picture it.... The diary of ballerinov...
...and now taxpayers' money is being used to pay for exorcisms.
Comment seems superfluous.
I've been having problems with the central heating in my office for months. Perhaps I'd get better and quicker attention if I claimed it was caused by an evil spirit...
Something seems to be malfunctioning in my brain. 'Do my diary'? How's that work then? I have a sort of 'diary' at work, but my secretary looks after that....I know, I'm having a really dry spell. If I was more inspired, I'd do your diary... I'm surprised DF hasn't done it already to be honest, you're easy material
picture it.... The diary of ballerinov...
She's talking about the funniest thread ever
Come on Barry, get on with the program. Funniest thread last year, here.
EDIT: Isis beat me to it...
As an aside... I thought it meant that the people eating the slugs were hairy - not that the slugs were hairy...
ok.. back to the conversation...
That's never stopped us before
From the article:
Barry, you know this law stuff - is that correct?Easington Council said the family could not be persuaded to stay in the house, and that by paying half the psychic ghosthunter's 120 pound fee they were saving money, as otherwise they would have had to pay for emergency housing.
If a family voluntarily decide to leave a house for - effectively - religious reasons, is the council obliged to pay for their accommodation, no matter what?
Because I'd be inclined to tell them to get lost, personally.
Me too. Christ, it's cold here now
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... Nope, didn't work
Housing Authorities have an obligation to provide accommodation for homeless persons.That's never stopped us before
From the article:
Barry, you know this law stuff - is that correct?
If a family voluntarily decide to leave a house for - effectively - religious reasons, is the council obliged to pay for their accommodation, no matter what?
However, despite the fact that s.21 Housing Act 1988 (as amended) provides that, where the original tenancy agreement was lawful, and where a lawful notice is served in compliance with the Act, the Landlord has an unqualified right to recover possession of the rented property, housing authorities routinely advise such persons that they must remain in the property until the landlord obtains a possession order, otherwise they will treat the tenant as having voluntarily made him or herself homeless. This removes the obligation on the local authority to find other accommodation.
Where the tenants are moving out of the house because they believe they are infected by ghosts I would have thought that the housing authority can treat them the same way.
However, the situation here is that the local authority is already the landlord of these people - they are in council accommodation. In those circumstances - laughably, and unsuccessfully, I would hope - the tenants could argue that the landlord was in breach of its covenant to grant 'quiet enjoyment'...
Yes, that's what I'd have imagined.
If people voluntarily make themselves homeless, I'd have thought there's no obligation on the council to find them a home - that makes sense.
So, a follow-up question, does this establish a precedent?
For example, if the family claim that the ghost has returned, are the council now obliged to subsidise Ghostbusters permanently?
If another family in council accommodation next door decides that the ghost has moved to haunt their house, do the council now have to pay for psychic whatsits for them also? And if the council didn't pay for such treatment, would they be open to litigation based on unfair treatment?
Because, call me Mr Cynical, but I can't help wondering if this could be a nice little earner...
Finally, is the council officer who authorised such payment congenitally insane, or what? (OK, that was a rhetorical question)
We got a government grant to fund the exorbitant Ritual of Ecspelshnik, and we Cast It Out of the forum. Sorry about that - it was one of those heat-of-the-moment things.
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