Longtime readers of this blog may find some humor in an email message I received today. Here it is in its entirety, with one expletive deleted:
how dare you criticize zammit
you f----ing crack pot.
Pithy, no? I think it's haiku.
:-)
(The reference is to a feud I had some time ago - now thankfully ended - with Victor Zammit. Interested readers can Google "Zammit" in the search box on the left side of this page.)
Sounds like something out of a fiction novel? Like one of those little bubbles that pop up over someone's head of things that they'd like to say but are too sane to actually say out loud? I've never had the guts to talk to anyone like that, even on the internet. I guess the truth is that you have to be a little crazy to actually say something like that out loud? Unless maybe if someone were drunk when they wrote it? Then they could say "oh sorry, that was just the alcohol talking!"
Posted by: Art | March 19, 2010 at 05:13 AM
Yes how dare you criticise Zammit you must be mad. I wonder if it came from the Blessed Victor.
Posted by: Paul | March 19, 2010 at 06:01 AM
I have talked with Victor before. Nice enough guy if you agree with 100%.
Posted by: Kris | March 19, 2010 at 06:25 AM
The haiku bit made me laugh quite heartily.
Posted by: Ronnie Lee | March 19, 2010 at 06:31 AM
It couldn't be Victor. It didn't contain the word 'empiricist'.
Posted by: The Major | March 19, 2010 at 08:10 AM
I guess that's a special type of crackpot.
Posted by: Janine | March 19, 2010 at 10:32 AM
I'd hate to see the Zammit feud start up again.
Zammit's done more to raise 'supernatural awareness' then most bloggers / writers I can think of.
And he makes some pretty good hard hitting points
He just reminds me a bit of a politician, or a (gasp) lawyer. He interprets criticism as attacks, he's always on the offense, fights like a bulldog and he likes to smear people who disagree with him.
But dealing with these sort of people is just part of life. At least in my opinion he's on the right side, ideologically speaking.
Posted by: Cyrus | March 20, 2010 at 06:28 PM
Unfortunately Zammit promotes David Thompson which has reduced his credibility to nil.
He also makes claims about materialization which just reveals his ignorance of the subject.
He interprets criticism as attacks, he's always on the offense, fights like a bulldog and he likes to smear people who disagree with him.
Absolutely right - singlehandedly he has probably done more harm to the paranormal cause than anyone else.
Posted by: Zerdini | April 03, 2010 at 05:00 PM
I read the book SURGEON FOM ANOTHER WORLD some years ago i got the book from a libary sale they said its cause books no longer in print. i read it many times i am glad they are books out there still . but i can not find MORE THINGS IN HEAVEN AND EARTH THE HEALING WORK OF MICHEAL where do you think i may find this book thank you
Posted by: mrs susan hurney | April 05, 2010 at 06:26 PM
"where do you think i may find this book?"
The text of "More Things in Heaven and Earth" is online here:
http://home.freeuk.net/mgchapman/page1.htm
The book "Surgeon from Another World" is available at Amazon, with used copies for $15. Copy and paste this link:
tiny.cc/wdxyc
Posted by: Michael Prescott | April 05, 2010 at 08:19 PM