Legality of proposing legislation against psychic's like Sylvia Browne?

sunni

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Heisenberg said:
Ahh the psychic twins. Their claim to fame is the 911 prediction, which was "We are seeing various terrorist attacks on federal government and also the New York Trade Center, the World Trade Center", which is a prediction pretty much anyone could make back in 1999.

http://pseudoastro.wordpress.com/2010/12/28/2010-psychic-predictions-roundup-audience-and-professionals-on-coast-to-coast-am-majorly-fail/


The pair that I thought were most full of themselves were the “psychic twins,” Terry and Linda Jamison. They started the interview by claiming that everything they predicted for 2009 had come true, and when they were on later in 2010, they claimed that everything they had predicted in January would still come true.


On November 2, 1999, they claimed AIDS would be cured by 2002, “breast cancer drug break-through by 2003,” “a cancer cure, especially for breast cancer by 2007,” 60% of cancer cured by 2008, a cloning of body parts “in the not too distant future … in diagnostic chambers,” and people with cerebral palsy, muscular dystrophy, MS, and spinal cord injuries will be walking “within the decade.” Yeah …. didn’t quite happen. And by my tally, they only had one hit for 2010, and it was incredibly vague but I gave it to them. They had some monstrous fails, such as shiitake mushrooms as a prevention for breast cancer and hurricanes devastating Florida. They even failed on some actual statistically likely hits, like a major storm hitting the gulf.
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lol they werent really exactly the point to my story LOL i mostly used them as an example cause they are well known
 
Heisenberg

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I am simply saying no need to feel confused. Such is the record you will find with any psychic currently making public predictions. I am sorry to hear about the situation, I have a similar incident in my past.
 
AltarNation

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tyler.durden said:
Wouldn't it be great if we could sue all those who give us false information? That would be a long list, indeed: churches, synagogues, mosques (and all of their clergy individually), psychics, mediums, fortune tellers, homeopathic doctors, alternative medical practitioners, all politicians, sales people... The list goes on and on...
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I'm suing the local weather man for sure.
 
Padawanbater2

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Heisenberg said:
That's what I am unsure about. If someone says "give me $1000 and i'll use my psychic powers to find your missing child", and they fail to do so, it's would seem to be easy to show damages. But if someone says "give me $1000 and i'll tell you the feelings and describe the visions my powers give me", then it gets harder to legislate, even though there is clearly still fraud involved. I don't know how to clearly distinguish without knowing the details of specific cases, so I doubt that we could make truly effective laws. I am certainly willing to listen to ideas.
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Good example.

I was thinking earlier maybe they should have an organization that tests/verifies claims. If this organization tests your claim and it comes up false, you don't get the necessary licensing to run your business. Like the FAA, FDA, EPA, etc. Your claim is "I can communicate with the dead" like John Edwards or Sylvia Browne, they test it, and of course, discover it's BS, you get denied the paperwork and that's it. Today, any claim you make, whether it preys on ignorance or grief or whatever can be exploited which eventually translates to $. That's the goal, the goal is your money, this is a person or a group of people attempting to deceive or mislead people in order to extract money from them. How is that any different from stealing? I think the intention should play a role in determining legality.

I wonder what my rep. would have to say about this, I might write his office..
 
AltarNation

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tyler.durden said:
Lol. I thought of that, but then remembered that they are clear that this is their forecast, based on the current weather dynamics. So, I thought I'd give them a pass. Glad you didn't ;)
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It will be the case of the century. I will take down the very cornerstone of the laws they hide behind that clear them. There is no where to hide. Weathermen, I am coming for you.
 
Dr Kynes

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Padawanbater2 said:
Does that fall under first amendment rights or anything like that? What would be the biggest obstacle to getting legislation proposed making what she does illegal?
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in the immortal words of Damon Runyon:

"Don't blame the tout for what the mark believes."
 
Padawanbater2

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Why shouldn't weaker people or people put under enormous amounts of grief deserve protection under the law when it comes to con artists?
 
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