> -----Original Message----- > From: S. Isaac Dealey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2005 4:39 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Crash of space probe to cost NASA $300 million? > > She's trying to sue someone for "moral sufferings" as a result of > their "deforming her horoscope"... Damn I wish I could figure out a > way to turn that into suing Bush for "moral sufferings" as a result of > his molesting the religious sensibilities of every non-Christian in > the US. For instance, his immediate use of quotes from the christian > bible in his first public statements after the Sept. 11th attack. > > Although last I knew no court acknowledged a person's horoscope as > something that could be damaged, so I have to wonder what kind of > crack her lawyer is smoking these days. It must be some good stuff! Or > perhaps (more likely) this is just a publicity stunt.
Remember - this is Russia. As bad a pseudo-science has gotten here it's 100 times worse there. Crackpots and charlatans of every stripe are making small fortunes there preying on the confusion after the fall of communism. Most heads of state have paid astrologers and many astrologers are very highly respected. Of course the traditional "science" of astrology makes no mention of comets (in fact it makes no mention of several planets since, apparently, if you can't see them they can't affect you). I'm sure there're people out there revising charts and everything, but comets generally aren't included. I've faith in the system that this won't actually get to trial, but I'm actually masochistically interested in what would happen if the Russian court granted the motion. Would NASA actually defend itself? Would it ignore the whole matter? Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:162969 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
