{"id":4169,"date":"2009-06-27T00:22:01","date_gmt":"2009-06-26T18:52:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indiauncut.com\/?p=3432"},"modified":"2009-06-27T00:22:01","modified_gmt":"2009-06-26T18:52:01","slug":"questioning-the-astrologer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/questioning-the-astrologer\/","title":{"rendered":"Questioning The Astrologer"},"content":{"rendered":"
Oh man, this is delicious. AFP reports<\/a>:<\/p>\n Sri Lankan police say they have arrested an astrologer after he predicted serious political and economic problems for the government of President Mahinda Rajapakse.<\/p>\n […]<\/p>\n “The CID (Criminal Investigations Department) is questioning the astrologer,” [police spokesman Ranjith] Gunasekara said Friday, adding that they wanted to find out the “basis” for the prediction.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n I can just imagine how the dialogue goes.<\/p>\n Astrologer<\/b>: [Pointing to chart] See, here’s<\/i> the basis for my prediction. Note where Rahu-Ketu are.<\/p>\n CID officer<\/b>: We have outlawed Rahu-Ketu.<\/p>\n Astrologer<\/b>: Eh? When did this happen?<\/p>\n CID officer<\/b>: Five minutes before this interrogation began. Hehehe. Bet you didn’t see that happening.<\/p>\n No, but seriously, the government is crazy, clamping down on free speech like this, even if it is the free speech of a charlatan. Even charlatans have rights.<\/p>\n (Link via email from Neel<\/a>. And previously, in Rahu-Ketu news<\/a>…)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Oh man, this is delicious. AFP reports<\/a>:<\/p>\n Sri Lankan police say they have arrested an astrologer after he predicted serious political and economic problems for the government of President Mahinda Rajapakse.<\/p>\n […]<\/p>\n “The CID (Criminal Investigations Department) is questioning the astrologer,” [police spokesman Ranjith] Gunasekara said Friday, adding that they wanted to find out the “basis” for the prediction.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n I can just imagine how the dialogue goes.<\/p>\n Astrologer<\/b>: [Pointing to chart] See, here’s<\/i> the basis for my prediction. Note where Rahu-Ketu are.<\/p>\n CID officer<\/b>: We have outlawed Rahu-Ketu.<\/p>\n Astrologer<\/b>: Eh? When did this happen?<\/p>\n CID officer<\/b>: Five minutes before this interrogation began. Hehehe. Bet you didn’t see that happening.<\/p>\n No, but seriously, the government is crazy, clamping down on free speech like this, even if it is the free speech of a charlatan. Even charlatans have rights.<\/p>\n (Link via email from Neel<\/a>. And previously, in Rahu-Ketu news<\/a>…)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,33,9,15,24,4,17],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n
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