Then you still got attempted sorcery, conspiracy to commit sorcery…
I was thinking the same thing; weathermen, economic forecasters, even geologists (“I predict there’s going to be oil in this formation”).
At least here, we don’t have the Religious Police arrest people, have a mock trial and then sentence them to beheading. I’d say for all our faults, we are a hell of a lot further along.
Nitpick: John Edward (no ‘s’) is the ghost whisperer. John Edwards is the ex-Senator/VP candidate. They could get him on adultery, though.
And we’re not that far from it as we’d like to think. As late as 1934, a man in Pennsylvania murdered a woman he was convinced was a witch who’d hexed him.
[NB: Link appears to be part of Google’s digitization project and is a PDF file, even if it doesn’t SAY so.]
Baby steps, Brother SteveG1. Baby steps.
Well, this guy won’t be beheaded by a lone nut (by the lone nut standard, Canada had a case just in 2008), but through the willful action of the Saudi government.
I really really want fusion to come along and bankrupt these primitives.
Yes yes, but on the other hand SA is not overrun by sorcerers.
Is there any legal ground for deporting John Edward to SA?
Maybe a special Act of Congress? A constitutional amendment to allow for a Bill of Attainder? Criminalization of being the Biggest Douche in the Universe?
Agreed, but at least we haven’t had any actual laws against witchcraft since the 1980s.
I have advanced degrees in Applied Thaumaturgy and Necromantic Studies from Miskatonic University, so this is a pretty important issue for me…
I am in a similar position, having recently graduated from Nyarlathotep Academy, and desperately wanting to employ my new skills in today’s competitive workforce.
There are many ways the power of fusion could be applied to Saudi Arabia, and some of the alternatives look more appealing with each day.
Sorcerers won’t teach you their magic unless you’re willing to play hardball.
In Canada, fraudulent pretended sorcery/witchcraft is illegal, but honest to un-god sorcery/witchcraft is OK. C.C.C. s. 365.Too bad it doesn’t apply to some televangelists.
Practicing cantrips? That’s a [del]paddl[/del]beheading.
Judge: “You are accused of engaging in acts of sorcery! how do you plead?”
Accused: “Guilty!”
<Zaps judge with lightning Sith Lord style>
Accused: “Poor fool. Only now, at the end, do you understand.”
Touché.
Oh yeah, henna’s real manly. Like wearing tight pants and watching the Twilight movies over and over.
I say we send them both. Tell John Edward the king wants him to predict his future, tell John Edwards there’s a harem waiting for him.
On the positive side, it sounds like the execution has been delayed. With luck that means the Saudi government is embarrassed and looking for a way to wriggle out of applying this stupid and archaic law. Although I also see this guy has been in custody for almost two years. I’m guessing that means he’s been tortured quite a bit.
If your wife likes it, you’ll do it. If your girlfriend likes it, you’ll do it. If bevies of nubile hotties you’ve never even met but wish you had like it…oh, yeah, you’ll do it!
There is nothing as manly as an abject willingness to do anything for nookie.
It’s a shame he wasn’t more headstrong.