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2010-11-15 Europe

Europe stumbles blindly towards its 1931 moment

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Posted by tipper 2010-11-15 02:11|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 Ends of the circle.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2010-11-15 05:50|| 2010-11-15 05:50|| Front Page Top

#2 AEP is a tit, no-one should be printing anything.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2010-11-15 06:02|| 2010-11-15 06:02|| Front Page Top

#3 Dark Beer Das tist good;
"erroneously translating Old Norse ragnarök (fate of the gods), misconstrued as ragnarökkr (twilight of the gods).
Götterdämmerung? - collapse of communism. The End.

Posted by Dale 2010-11-15 07:24|| 2010-11-15 07:24|| Front Page Top

#4 "concept of contagion"

Contagious magic is based on the principle that things or persons once in contact can afterward influence each other. In other words, it is believed that there is a permanent relationship between an individual and any part of his or her body. As a consequence, believers must take special precautions with their hair, fingernails, teeth, clothes, and feces. If anyone obtained these objects, magic could be performed on them which would cause the person they came from to be affected. For instance, someone could use your fingernail clippings in a magical ritual that would cause you to love them or to fall ill and die.

In a belief system that uses magic as the most logical explanation for illness, accidents, and other unexpected occurrences, there is no room for natural causes or chance. Witchcraft provides the explanation--it can be the cause for most effects. Since it can be practiced in secret, the existence of witchcraft cannot be easily refuted with arguments. Believers are not dissuaded by pointing out that there is no evidence that any witchcraft was used against them. For example, you may wake up in the middle of the night and go to get a drink of water. On the way, you trip over a chair in the dark, which causes you to break your leg. You may be convinced that it was an accident. However, if you believe in witchcraft, you will ask why this accident happened to you and why now. Magic practiced in secret by someone who wants to harm you is the answer. The only reasonable questions are who performed the magic and why. The answers to these questions come through divination which is a magical procedure by which the cause of a particular event or the future is determined. Once the guilty person is discovered, retribution may be gained by public exposure and punishment or by counter witchcraft.

Posted by Water Modem 2010-11-15 09:27|| 2010-11-15 09:27|| Front Page Top

#5 That's why I'm always very careful about how I dispose of my fingernail clippings.

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2010-11-15 14:26|| 2010-11-15 14:26|| Front Page Top

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