In article <fk0s02p0rge298u7r7aj88a3ukqndbutv9@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Bookman <thebookman@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On Sun, 05 Mar 2006 21:50:51 -0700, Crowfoot <pagemail@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> wrote:
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> >In article <mrom02p973fjfdc4h6h9f4i5rpr5dqlp68@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > Wally Anglesea™ <wanglese@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >
> >> On Sun, 05 Mar 2006 00:22:58 -0700, Crowfoot <pagemail@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >> >In article <757d02dl0ad5egb631g632s1o1v94euo15@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >> > SKEPTIX <skeptix@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> To join the SKEPTIX list (the best paranormal, ufo-ology, and
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> >> >
> >> >I gave up on skeptics when a particular idiot who so described
> >> >himself dismissed the (apparently) very apposite Tarot reading I
> >> >did for him on the ground that I had manipulated the cards; as if
> >> >I had time in my life (I'm a working professional in the arts, only
> >> >do Tarot readings from time to time for friends, usually) to sit
> >> >around learning to maneuver these damn big, clumsy cards so I
> >> >could impress skeptics! I realized at that point that skeptics are
> >> >usually motivated by fear, which means that they will go through
> >> >any insane mental acrobatics to "explain away" whatever scares
> >> >them, so why bother with them at all? Getting through the fear
> >> >is impossible, as it's *their* job that they have to do for
> >> >themselves. Me, I've got other fish to fry.
> >>
> >> You mean "I've got other rubes to bilk"
> >
> >Uh -- how, exactly? I don't take $ for doing readings, and
> >generally take it lightly, because -- well, it's up to the person
> >who's having the reading to decide that it's more than that;
> >or not.
> >
> >Ever had a reading done, yourself?
Yes, several times; one memorably good, several just
average. Why?
C
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