eBay Bans Spells, Potions, and Curses
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Fun fact: the people who believe this stuff do NOT tend to sell their abilities. in fact, they look down on people who do so.
Okay, as an actual Wiccan (Or Witch, I take either one) who ACTUALLY knows a few things on the topic, let me make a potentially pointless attempt to clear things up; I'm not the most knowledgeable on the topic, but I feel it my duty to clear some things up.
First of all, Mythrandia is being hilarious.
Being a Witch/Wizard/Druid etc. Is actually a legitimate, fairly old religion, you probably know it as paganism, and was actually one of the more predominate western European religions; We're pretty sure, it's a little hard to tell considering that the Catholic church kinda rolled in and destroyed every trace of it. What bits did survive eventually came into the US in the mid-50s as Wiccanism or Paganism and has been a growing religion ever since. There's probably a few covens around where you live, you can usually google it. Like all faiths, please try to treat it with a baseline of respect.
At the onslaught of the Harry Potter craze, it saw a HUGE boost in membership. Unfortunately, most of the people joining were silly teenage girls, who misunderstood the faith as being less about spirituality, ethics, internal focus and peace, and more about OMG I CAN BE REAL WITCH AND MAKE SPELLS AND TINGS. Spells, potions are a factor of some Pagan's lives, but more than anything are a method of personal focus, meditation and spiritual reaffirmation- I'd equate them more with Christian mass than Wingardium Leviosa. Selling spells and potions is almost NEVER a thing you'd do, and is born out of a gross misunderstanding of the faith, or an attempt to prey on those who misunderstand. The most you'll see actual Pagans selling is candles, ceremonial knives, stuff to DO magic, but selling magic itself is really not a thing you do.
Anyways, just figured I'd put that into context for you. It's important to have at least a SLIGHT grasp of the topic you're speaking about. FYI, I've been off-practicing for a while and probably forgot a bit of my history on the topic, (It's also really early, and I'm tired) so you can find out more at http://www.religioustolerance.org/neo_paga.htm
As for the issue itself, I understand that they're banning this out of a desire to protect their customers from scams and injuring products, but I can't help but feel it's born out of a little bit of conservative political meddling. Still, it's not enough to really bother me.
First of all, Mythrandia is being hilarious.
Being a Witch/Wizard/Druid etc. Is actually a legitimate, fairly old religion, you probably know it as paganism, and was actually one of the more predominate western European religions; We're pretty sure, it's a little hard to tell considering that the Catholic church kinda rolled in and destroyed every trace of it. What bits did survive eventually came into the US in the mid-50s as Wiccanism or Paganism and has been a growing religion ever since. There's probably a few covens around where you live, you can usually google it. Like all faiths, please try to treat it with a baseline of respect.
At the onslaught of the Harry Potter craze, it saw a HUGE boost in membership. Unfortunately, most of the people joining were silly teenage girls, who misunderstood the faith as being less about spirituality, ethics, internal focus and peace, and more about OMG I CAN BE REAL WITCH AND MAKE SPELLS AND TINGS. Spells, potions are a factor of some Pagan's lives, but more than anything are a method of personal focus, meditation and spiritual reaffirmation- I'd equate them more with Christian mass than Wingardium Leviosa. Selling spells and potions is almost NEVER a thing you'd do, and is born out of a gross misunderstanding of the faith, or an attempt to prey on those who misunderstand. The most you'll see actual Pagans selling is candles, ceremonial knives, stuff to DO magic, but selling magic itself is really not a thing you do.
Anyways, just figured I'd put that into context for you. It's important to have at least a SLIGHT grasp of the topic you're speaking about. FYI, I've been off-practicing for a while and probably forgot a bit of my history on the topic, (It's also really early, and I'm tired) so you can find out more at http://www.religioustolerance.org/neo_paga.htm
As for the issue itself, I understand that they're banning this out of a desire to protect their customers from scams and injuring products, but I can't help but feel it's born out of a little bit of conservative political meddling. Still, it's not enough to really bother me.
Uh. Just... Skimming most of this thread. You lot know why. If I read all of the huge posts written by Mythrandia it would be a good hour until I would be able to do anything. Seriously.
My brain has turned to mush though. Just from contact with non-sensical word walls. I automatically try to read things, get about 300 words in then my brain just starts to scream.
"Why, For the love of god, why! Why are you reading such non-sensical horse bollocks! Save yourself!"
And then I stop.
More on topic?
Bout time. I fucking hate this shite. I hope eBay steps up and bans the selling of anything related to Homeopathy or anything sold by a "Nutritionist" (Fyi, I am now a Nutritionist. Because the term that requires a degree is Dietitian. If you state you are a Nutritionist, you are now a Nutritionist. The word is meaningless and there is no regulatory body. Go forth and scam, Brethren). Life would be easier, or at least happier, if the scam artists of this world were regulated into the nether hells.
My brain has turned to mush though. Just from contact with non-sensical word walls. I automatically try to read things, get about 300 words in then my brain just starts to scream.
"Why, For the love of god, why! Why are you reading such non-sensical horse bollocks! Save yourself!"
And then I stop.
More on topic?
Bout time. I fucking hate this shite. I hope eBay steps up and bans the selling of anything related to Homeopathy or anything sold by a "Nutritionist" (Fyi, I am now a Nutritionist. Because the term that requires a degree is Dietitian. If you state you are a Nutritionist, you are now a Nutritionist. The word is meaningless and there is no regulatory body. Go forth and scam, Brethren). Life would be easier, or at least happier, if the scam artists of this world were regulated into the nether hells.
This is the best article ever! I had no idea these things exisited on eBay.
It's almost as good as the time I saw someone selling toast that may be cold by the time it was delivered.
It's almost as good as the time I saw someone selling toast that may be cold by the time it was delivered.
NO!! MY STOCKS!!
CONFOUND YOU ZARGON, YOU TRAITOR!!
NOW WHERE WILL PEOPLE GO FOR SAFE*, RELIABLE*, DESTRUCTIVE SPELLS AND INCANTATIONS NOW?
Oh, yeah that's right ; amazon.com
*Safe= may endanger the lives of you and your loved ones including household pets.
*Reliable= may summon demon lords from other dimensions and hell itself if some spells are not pronounced in the specified accent.
OT; I can't believe it took eBay this long to ban spells, potions etc. what happened this year that caused them to do so?
CONFOUND YOU ZARGON, YOU TRAITOR!!
NOW WHERE WILL PEOPLE GO FOR SAFE*, RELIABLE*, DESTRUCTIVE SPELLS AND INCANTATIONS NOW?
Oh, yeah that's right ; amazon.com
*Safe= may endanger the lives of you and your loved ones including household pets.
*Reliable= may summon demon lords from other dimensions and hell itself if some spells are not pronounced in the specified accent.
OT; I can't believe it took eBay this long to ban spells, potions etc. what happened this year that caused them to do so?
Good lord I could build a house of your posts, it's just a series of huge walls. It's kind of awesome to know there clearly isn't a maximum post size.Mythrandia said:
I actually looked into this a little at Uni and I can add, it wasn't one religion of wizards/druids/what-not, there were bucket loads in England alone of different stuff like Tree Language, Druids doing stuff, Runes from the Vikings, Candle Magic, Dowsing, they're all from different 'religions' if you want to phrase it like that. Paganism isn't 'sactly an old religion as much as a label on a type, like Christianity sub-divides into Catholicism and Mormons but with a bit more sub-division than that (Lugh and Baldur might symbolise the same thing but they were vastly different in terms of the beliefs and how they worshipped) so... yeah. Sorry, just adding more context to it o.o-b.Thorvan said:
That moment when you begin to think that the escapist is becoming a better place for funny GIFs than Senor gif.RedEyesBlackGamer said:
So...this. And yet there's still a "wiccan" shop in my uni's town. Quite a few who "practice" it too. I'm not gonna tell people what to do, but it's probably for the best that people can't attempt to buy werewolf spells on ebay.
Although, the internet has probably been robbed of some hilarity this day.
EDIT: Goddammit, why did they have to move the quote button to the top of posts instead of the bottom? This kinda shit has happened far, far too much.
Well, this is just PERFECT!
Looks like it's back to the Cthulhu sacrifices and deals with Mephisto for me!
Looks like it's back to the Cthulhu sacrifices and deals with Mephisto for me!
I have no problem with people selling that stuff, but making claims they can't actually back up? Not okay.
Sure, when it comes to this kind of stuff, you should be able to tell it's BS, but where do you draw the line? Can you only lie if your lies only fool stupid (or rather ignorant) people?
Sure, when it comes to this kind of stuff, you should be able to tell it's BS, but where do you draw the line? Can you only lie if your lies only fool stupid (or rather ignorant) people?
