Maybe this belongs in Great Debates? Moderators please feel free to move.
But this article (foxnews.com) reveals the shooter’s true motives!
Could it be… Satan?
«Dr. Richard Roberts, president of Oral Roberts University, shouts an unequivocal “Yes!”»
It is either stanic possession or oppression. Possession is when the devil takes over your body. Oppression is when the devil tries to put evil thoughts in your mind from the outside.
I never knew the difference between Satanic possession and oppression. Ignorance fought!
Hey, don’t sneer at the President of Oral Roberts University. The devil made him be an idiot.
I think you’ll find Stanic Possession is when an aging Yorkshireman with a flat cap takes over your outside toilet.
Oh. The stupid. It burns. Bad.
I do believe my poor head may just asplode.
No, silly, it’s when you’re possessed by tin. Similar to stanous possession, only with two more oxygen atoms.
Mangetout - I don’t get it, is Stan a common Yorkshire name? My experience with Yorkshire is limited to James Herriott books.
Quiddity Glomfuster: I fully admit that I posted here because I found the theory ridiculous, and imagined that my fellow Dopers would too. But I would hesitated to call the man stupid. If one believes in supernatural entities (e.g. a god), then how is it stupid to believe in another supernatural entity that can affect human actions?
OneCentStamp - Gaudere’s law strikes again! I just learned a new word from you, but stannous actually has two n’s.
Sure it is. Watch some On The Buses.
I still wouldn’t like to be possessed by Stan though. Og knows what he gets up to in the evenings.
I was possessed by this for 17 years.