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New legislation in Romania has made witch a legal profession and thus a taxable one. It seems it took this long for the Romanian government to get the votes together to do this because of politicians being afraid of being cursed by witches. Naturally, Romanian witches are protested and planning to curse the government. I don't think they've fully thought that out...
Anyway, amusing aspects aside, I'm rather appalled that fear of curses and witches actually held up legislation like this up for so long. I really don't know of anywhere in the first or second world where people who make their living by paranormal means don't pay taxes. I mean, can you imagine if the guys on "Ghost Adventures" used getting VERY suspect evidence of ghosts to not pay their taxes?
I think this is a prime example of the ill that irrational belief in superstition can do. Oh, and let's not turn this into a religion bashfest, folks. We're all adults here and we can conduct ourselves better than that.
New legislation in Romania has made witch a legal profession and thus a taxable one. It seems it took this long for the Romanian government to get the votes together to do this because of politicians being afraid of being cursed by witches. Naturally, Romanian witches are protested and planning to curse the government. I don't think they've fully thought that out...
Anyway, amusing aspects aside, I'm rather appalled that fear of curses and witches actually held up legislation like this up for so long. I really don't know of anywhere in the first or second world where people who make their living by paranormal means don't pay taxes. I mean, can you imagine if the guys on "Ghost Adventures" used getting VERY suspect evidence of ghosts to not pay their taxes?
I think this is a prime example of the ill that irrational belief in superstition can do. Oh, and let's not turn this into a religion bashfest, folks. We're all adults here and we can conduct ourselves better than that.
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Date: 4/1/11 20:52 (UTC)Seriously though, I do have to view it as absurd that fear of curses would hold up legislation in the 21st century, but even speaking as an athiest humanistic skeptic here in my comfy western nation, it's hard to discount the power of belief in the supernatural, Even in my own country we've got Ghost Hunters on TV. I'm not so sure I'm willing to just handwave it away myself, because there is still so much we don't know that it's easy even for an athiest to fall victim to a "god of the gaps" position. The still widespread beliefs in the mystical healing properties of various endangered animal parts around the world, or in spirit possessions in some other places make this story a lot less surprising than it ought to be.
Also, the guys in the government probably all saw "Drag Me to Hell" and got understandably spooked. DO NOT DENY THE LOANS OF GYPSY WITCHES!!!
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Date: 5/1/11 09:14 (UTC)At least in Australia, witchcraft was decriminalised long ago. No, wait (http://www.theage.com.au/news/National/Victoria-clears-witches-for-takeoff/2005/07/21/1121539075041.html)..
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