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eBay bans woo
August 24, 2012 at 8:52 pm
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Just heard this on BBC News satellite channel and had to share:
Sale of tarot readings and spells banned on eBay
Quote:The sale of a range of fortune-telling and witchcraft-related services will be prohibited on online auction site eBay after 30 August 2012.
Tarot readings, spells, curses and blessings are among the "intangible" categories being removed by the site.
The decision has been made because conflicts between buyers and sellers of these services are difficult to resolve, eBay said.
All listings of this kind will be removed in September, it added.
So the right decision for the wrong reason, then.
Predictably (see what I did there?) it's upset a lot of people who have started a petition against the decision.
I could have made a fortune (see what I did
there?) but I'm strictly a non-profit-prophet.
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RE: eBay bans woo
August 24, 2012 at 9:29 pm
LOL, "difficult to resolve"..........
"This love spell doesn't work"
-"Yes it does"
"It didn't work for me"
-"You didn't believe in it hard enough"
"I want my money back."
-"How am I supposed to sell a used spell? No refunds."
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
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RE: eBay bans woo
August 24, 2012 at 9:41 pm
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Assuming for a moment that this stuff really works, if I were to cast a spell on someone to make them fall in love with me, isn't that a form of mind control? Well, all spells and charms really, I suppose, but love spells seem creepier to me. Could you really love a person who you know only loves you because you programmed them to do so?
Also: I wonder if these fortune-tellers saw this coming? We should have seen this petition set up ages ago if they had - a pre-emptive petition. Doesn't really inspire confidence in their services, does it?
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
