Maybe If You Asked Nicely

For the most part, I consider myself a pretty nice guy, but sometimes things get under my skin.

A little over a year ago I made a post about this website being on a shared server, and posted all the other websites that are also on the same server.  From time to time, an owner of one of those websites will ask me to remove the link, and usually I oblige even if I don’t understand why they would want a link removed.  After all, aren’t websites created to share information and/or sell something, and wouldn’t a website owner want more traffic to his or her website after spending time and money on said website?  But I digress.

Anywho, I got his little email this afternoon . . .

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As Stephanie Tanner would say, “How rude!”

And per one of my friends, “Lots of people link to things. THAT is the way of the Internet.”

I think that pretty much sums it up.

There’s obviously no copyright infringement nor am I holding that website out as something that it’s not – it’s just part of a list, and it’s not like anyone can have control of who links to what website.  So maybe, maybe if I have time, I might just edit that post and remove her website.

And to think, if she asked nicely I would actually make time to honor her request.

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The Story of a Modern-Day Exorcist

When he first heard about a Vatican-sponsored course on exorcism for priests, journalist Matt Baglio was intrigued by the idea of this ancient ritual taking place in the modern world. In his new book The Rite, Baglio follows American priest Father Gary — sent to Rome to train as an exorcist — and his apprenticeship with Father Carmine. Baglio talked to TIME about belief, skeptical priests, and the particulars of the exorcism ritual.

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By far, this part of the interview stood out the most:

But usually, the more dramatic cases deal with people who are screaming, using their voice, shoving and punching, getting up, smacking their head against the wall, just very violent. And that voice is beyond a simple mimic of a strange voice. It’s very uncanny, very unnatural. And then, of course, there’s vomiting, which is common. Father Carmine saw a case where a woman vomited up a small black toad that was still alive. He went to catch it and it dissolved into saliva. I had another priest who I talked to who dealt with a woman who vomited up seven little black nails, six of which dissolved into this black liquid. Father Carmine saw a woman vomiting up buckets of human sperm.

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