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Live TV Exorcism

Azrael 5

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Azrael 5
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Channel 4 bosses plan first live TV exorcism.A new programme plans to show an exorcism for the first time on British television, the Daily Mirror reports.

But religious leaders have slammed the idea and said Channel 4's show, Exorcism, could be "very dangerous".

The programme is being pitched as a serious scientific experiment as industry regulator Ofcom prohibits "actual demonstrations of exorcisms and occult practices" on TV.

A Channel 4 insider told the newspaper: "The aim is to stage an exorcism for television to test the science involved.

"It would involve the church and leading scientists and we'd monitor precisely what happens."

Sky is also planning its own show, When Exorcisms Go Wrong, using home video footage.

But Church of England bishop, Dominic Walker, warned against such programmes.

"People who need this sort of help are nearly always psychologically vulnerable people," he said.

"Such an experiment could be very dangerous."

A BBC spoof on ghosts screened 13 years ago was blamed for the suicide of a Nottingham teenager.

"This sounds very dangerous and will cause considerable unease," said John Beyer of the watchdog Mediawatch.

"People in broadcasting never learn anything - they don't consider how it will affect the audience. This is not only ill-advised, it could be harmful."

However, a spokesman for Sky defended the idea, saying: "It is intended to be a thought-provoking exploration of a controversial subject."

A live seance on Channel 4 last year caused 700 complaints.
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Supposed to screen this month.;)
 
Janice said:
The Independent says it will be on Thursday, 24th February at 11pm.
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Originally posted by Janice
I had no idea of the reception on this website, that's why I am not going to waste any more of my time on it. The reason I did not join before, is that I have a life, and I don't spend all my time on forums. I will therefore leave you to debate amongst yourselves.
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:D
 
Azrael, if I choose to view other parts of the forum that are particular interest (other than paranormal) I will do so, the above thread simply gave an answer to a question. You can post whatever you like, but in future I will just ignore them. I have nothing more to say to you, or the other members who have portrayed themself in the same manner.:)
 
Azrael 5 said:
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A BBC spoof on ghosts screened 13 years ago was blamed for the suicide of a Nottingham teenager.
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Does anybody here have any info about this?
 
Janice said:
Azrael,... You can post whatever you like, but in future I will just ignore them. I have nothing more to say to you, or the other members who have portrayed themself in the same manner.:)
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Yet you keep on replying to these posts you are supposed to be ignoring.
Just like you keep using this forum that you have supposedly left.

How is that really exiting life that you are supposed to have by the way?
 
I remember the show, it was very well produced, *too* well in fact, at moments it was marginally believable even to a serious skeptic. It certainly isn't too farfetched to think an emotionally fragile person watching this stuff and thinking it to be real might might respond in some extreme fashion.
 
Ghostwatch was really scary. It was, as Hentai says, almost too well done.
Only the terrible acting of the researcher in the studio was really badly done.

It's available on DVD now. If you get past the cheesy studio setting and atmosphere it becomes quite creepy.
 
*cough* That's Hantai with an 'a' please, entirely different word with an entirely different meaning :P.

As for bad acting, the problem with it is that when you're told you're looking at something real and live you'll often just ascribe it to stage fright. Can't believe they're selling it on DVD, I would've thought that'd be one exploit they'd be anxious to forget ever happened..
 
Azrael / Temp3st - these posts are nothing more than examples of 'Forum Bullying', I am not crying victim, as you have said that others have done on this forum, the only people you are insulting are new members that come to the forum and read this thread, the people who have posted decent replies on this threads and yourselves, it outlines perfectly how you have the inability to cease arguments, there are about 7 - 8 users on this forum, who use the same principles, as I said you are only showing yourselves up, and no on else.
 
Janice said:
Azrael, if I choose to view other parts of the forum that are particular interest (other than paranormal) I will do so, the above thread simply gave an answer to a question. You can post whatever you like, but in future I will just ignore them. I have nothing more to say to you, or the other members who have portrayed themself in the same manner.:)
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So you're staying, but you're not talking to anyone anymore?
 
Janice said:
Azrael / Temp3st - these posts are nothing more than examples of 'Forum Bullying', I am not crying victim, as you have said that others have done on this forum, the only people you are insulting are new members that come to the forum and read this thread, the people who have posted decent replies on this threads and yourselves, it outlines perfectly how you have the inability to cease arguments, there are about 7 - 8 users on this forum, who use the same principles, as I said you are only showing yourselves up, and no on else.
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Look, now, any number of people have attempted, politely, to engage you, and all you've done is cried about the least accomodating of the lot. You haven't engaged anyone, rather you've simply complained about the people you appear to dislike the most, and then used that complaint as an excuse to fail to respond to the many people who have tried to engage you.

Until you show a willingness to engage others in discussion, and you show a willingness to provide things like evidence that others can evaluate for themselves, you ARE just playing victim. You cited Claus as the reason you won't reply any more in the thread you started, but a number of other people have tried to engage you, and you haven't even acknowledged their existance. That's rude of you, to say the least. Why not engage some of the people who've tried to get you to explain what you're talking about, rather than be rude and simply ignore the polite people, while complaining about the ones you percieve as impolite?
 
JJ - apologies to those I have not replied to, but if I had replied to every post I would have been on here 24-7. My initial post on this thread is "a willingness to engage others in discussion", the posts from Azrael and Temp3st are not perceptions of insults they are in FACT insults.

I am sure that if you trailed through all of the posts, that other people have replied to that showed a belief in the afterlife.

Here is a prediction for you: The next person that comes to this part of the forum and shows an interest in the afterlife, will be met with the same insults, from the same users, if they fail to provide the EVIDENCE they seek, will be labelled delusional trolls and liars, oh and the much loved phrase woo woo, and then be accused of crying victim.
 
Janice said:
JJ - apologies to those I have not replied to, but if I had replied to every post I would have been on here 24-7. My initial post on this thread is "a willingness to engage others in discussion", the posts from Azrael and Temp3st are not perceptions of insults they are in FACT insults.

I am sure that if you trailed through all of the posts, that other people have replied to that showed a belief in the afterlife.

Here is a prediction for you: The next person that comes to this part of the forum and shows an interest in the afterlife, will be met with the same insults, from the same users, if they fail to provide the EVIDENCE they seek, will be labelled delusional trolls and liars, oh and the much loved phrase woo woo, and then be accused of crying victim.
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Well, if the woo fits share it...
 
Janice said:
:snip: paraphrase "Please help me, I don't understand how to get attention any other way!"
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Images, underlines, smilies, bold, capital letters... evidence of an obvious effort to draw negative attention to yourself. Negative attention fuels your negative self image, so you try to draw more negative attention to compensate for it. Or maybe you need the rush of feeling that you're the center of attention, even if it's hostile attention. Or maybe you're lashing out because this board is threatening your worldview and the forum members here don't pull any punches. It might all be psychobabble, but it seems to me something is very wrong in your world and you see the JREF forum as the place to vent your frustrations.

This all seems like a cry for help now, or at least reflects that you're having trouble coping with some serious issues in your life. I'm willing to give you positive attention if you'll earn it. Trust me, it's a lot more fun than the attention you're attracting now.

I suggest we all try to hear the underlying cry for help and ignore the rest.
 
I dont care if Im unpopular so go away Janice.Its a paranomal forum,if you cant bring anything to the table then you're wasting time.Did you think you could just post any old tripe and we'd say"OOh thats nice" We want evidence,and maybe its just me-but I want the mediums name you consulted.
Maybe you'd be more at home in the "Tv,film entertainment"forum,they're happy to dicuss fiction and fantasy all the time.:)
 
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