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Randi forces a tantrum!

That's what was going through my mind.

I believe that fans will follow their idol blindly. We look at comedic performances and once people want a mental connection with someone who is so funny, anything the comedian says will be agreed upon by their fans. Plus, Don had an amazing way to victimise the psychics and make Randi look intrusive, rude and out-of-place. They were just sucked in by the commotion of it all I'd guess. I think a majority of them today would look back and think themselves foolish for clapping.

Alex.
 
rjh01 said:
I cannot understand why the audience were clapping. Were they trying to say that Don Lane had a point?
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For the same reason Bill O'Reilly's fans clap when he shouts someone down.
 
It's an interesting video to watch and by following the links on Youtube you can find other Randi videos. However, that's not the video I would use to show why I post on Randi's site. Randi wins this particular conflict because he is polite and civilized and waits for the person argueing with him to finish speaking in order give him time to make his own argument uninterupted (which never comes). You don't invite someone on your show to scream at him and storm off in a huff without listening to your guest. You don't treat guests like that. Don Lane shows himself to not only be on the wrong side of an important issue about human existance, but he proves himself much too unprofessional to be on a talk show. Randi has alway exended every courtecy to someone who wants to show the world they have an ability they really don't possess. Only someone who is out of their depth loses their temper when confronted opposition. This video is just one of many examples that show believers to be dead wrong and shout down the voice of reason -- and the voice of reason to be unwilling to match the ugliness of the believers in pychics/religion/ crystals -- pick your woo.

I prefer the videos where Randi has the time to deconstruct woo arguments.
 
I'm cock a hoop he is coming to UK next month and Im gonna meet him!


I won't ask him to bend a key ;)
 
From the wiki article:

Randi: I never have said that Uri Geller was a fake, I have never [indistinct]

Lane: You did so, you said he was a fake, you called him a two-bit mag...

So, has Randi ever called Uri a fake? Directly or indirectly?

Because if he had...and then lied about it to my face ("I never have said that Uri Geller was a fake" = lie?) I would be pissed too.
 
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Limbo said:
From the wiki article:

Randi: I never have said that Uri Geller was a fake, I have never [indistinct]

Lane: You did so, you said he was a fake, you called him a two-bit mag...

So, has Randi ever called Uri a fake? Directly or indirectly?
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You mean 'had he', 2 years before his book on Geller came out?
 
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I'm amazed at Randi's patience and intestinal fortitude. I only wish that I could have a fraction of his composure when dealing with such blatant idiocy. This is one reason why I avoid serious discussion about religion or woo in general. I just can't deal with the frustration any more. It's like trying to convince people who are oblivious to the obvious...
 
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Limbo said:
So, has Randi ever called Uri a fake? Directly or indirectly?

Because if he had...and then lied about it to my face ("I never have said that Uri Geller was a fake" = lie?) I would be pissed too.
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Are you saying Randi was never always honest about his feelings about Uri Geller? Do you have sympathetic anger? Say that if that's what you mean.
 
Limbo said:
From the wiki article:

Randi: I never have said that Uri Geller was a fake, I have never [indistinct]

Lane: You did so, you said he was a fake, you called him a two-bit mag...

So, has Randi ever called Uri a fake? Directly or indirectly?

Because if he had...and then lied about it to my face ("I never have said that Uri Geller was a fake" = lie?) I would be pissed too.
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You mean had he called Geller a fake before 1980? Who knows for sure?

Norm
 
Legend said:
That's what was going through my mind.

I believe that fans will follow their idol blindly. We look at comedic performances and once people want a mental connection with someone who is so funny, anything the comedian says will be agreed upon by their fans. Plus, Don had an amazing way to victimise the psychics and make Randi look intrusive, rude and out-of-place. They were just sucked in by the commotion of it all I'd guess. I think a majority of them today would look back and think themselves foolish for clapping.

Alex.
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Well, that, and the applause sign lit up.
 
Lane's view on the saintliness of Doris Stokes shows his gullibility and his behaviour shows he's an ass. However, Randi's claim to have never called Geller a 'fake' is an insult to the intelligence.
 
Steve Knight said:
However, Randi's claim to have never called Geller a 'fake' is an insult to the intelligence.
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This clip dates back to 1980. It's my understanding that Randi did not publicly renounce Geller as a fake until 1989. I'm sure someone will correct me if I am wrong, but, if my information is accurate, Randi spoke the truth in 1980.
 
desertgal said:
This clip dates back to 1980. It's my understanding that Randi did not publicly renounce Geller as a fake until 1989. I'm sure someone will correct me if I am wrong, but, if my information is accurate, Randi spoke the truth in 1980.
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But about what?

Now that is the question.

And has he since 1980?


J im

H.O.A-X
 
Randi's beef with Geller started in late 1973. His first book, 'The Magic of Uri Geller' was published in 1975.
 
The video is a bit confusing, i assume that randi demonstrates (or tries to) that keys can be bend with fingers and not magic powers.

That puts the woo´s in a dificult position.
A rant is one answer, the alternative would be to agnollege that the magic is no more powerfull than stage magic.
 
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