Comments by "christine paris" (@christineparis5607) on "James Randi: The Former Magician Who Exposed Fakes, Frauds, and Charlatans" video.

  1.  @thefourshowflip  😂😂😂
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  2. Why would he do that?? Do you feel so convinced in magic that even frauds MUST be actually magical? Randi just didn't want people to take unfair advantage of people who were often duped for money...
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  3.  @jedirevan5892  Why would he care if someone believed in magic and want to "convince" them not to? His beef was only with people who took advantage of others, not that everyone should follow science. You're splitting everything into black, or white. Not letting someone get away with taking advantage of someone else has nothing to do with magic being real or not. It's only about taking advantage. I, personally, was raised in a very earth/nature/spirit environment, and I believe in a lot of things, but I hate fakers, unless they are honest about it, then it's great entertainment. After WWI, thousands of people turned to seances, desperate to contact loved ones killed too soon. Of course Europe was suddenly flooded with "gifted mediums", who never appeared before, and who were given money and gifts and were complete liars...Houdini loved exposing them, because they cruelly used pain to enrich themselves and he thought that was wrong.
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  4. Who was the guy that talked to everyone's dead relatives on tv and gave the families in the audience a message from them? It was several years ago, but he was on tv, and everyone practically swooned when he would pick someone out of the audience with an urgent message from the other side... A friend of ours heard he was coming to our town, her mom had recently died, and she wanted to hear from her. The guy was coming to a big sports arena and she paid an obscene amount for tickets and told the ticket office about her mom. Well, if you REALLY wanted a message and you REALLY, REALLY wanted him to pick you (completely randomly!) out from the crowds, it was going to cost you extra...a LOT extra, since no one gets connected to the dead for free...she was desperate and paid up, and was given a questionnaire to fill out (mostly about her mom) and other details, and she was going to be assured of a magical moment when he would suddenly hear from mom on the other side...the venue was packed, because he was at the height of his stardom, and too many people had paid for their connection to the spirit world, so he had only about three seconds to give out all the heartfelt speeches from the dead...he rushed, and missed some people, including our friend, who finally realized that this clown was just an old fashioned carny in a silk sweater and nice slacks, who had taken full advantage of her grief to get every penny she had ever saved, I think it was thousands and thousands... If there is communication between the living and the dead, I doubt that there is a surcharge attached.
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