A Question…
I’m going to start this one by asking a question:
Should the police use Psychics and Mediums during Investigations? Specifically to help find missing persons?
Today I have been mostly talking to what some (quite wrongly) would expect me to refer to as ‘The Enemy’
I got into a discussion which spanned three forums and facebook about whether or not Psychics or Mediums should be used in missing persons cases – specifically a current case of a missing child in America – which made me examine my own feelings on the subject, how I as a mother would feel if it was my little girl who was missing.
No matter who you are, what you do or how you slice it the evidence remains the same. No amount of hope, desperation or any other negative emotion will change the fact that there is no evidence of the existence of spirit. Okay, so maybe there have been cases of accurate information being received from Psychics in police cases, but just how many letters and phone calls do we not hear about? How many times are the police prevented from pursuing a legitimate lead because the resources they have are being used chasing up a lead provided by a misinformed medium? They are after all human, surely even mediums will admit to getting it wrong sometimes?
Is it better to look for a missing person using proven and scientific methods, or an unqualified person using an unproven skill to gain unverifiable information from an unknown source?
Even more surprisingly, the mediums and their supporters agreed that the first choice was definitely better, but they agreed that the second could give a lot of comfort.. Granted, but for how long? And..
Doesn’t that just make the whole thing a placebo?
Again.. a resounding agreement.. surprisingly. The general feeling was that a placebo isnt a bad thing, if its used correctly – I wholeheartedly agree that placebos are fantastic, conventional medicine relies on them, as do the majority of alternative medicines and therapies.
Being me I did a little more digging. Apparently the police actually have a register of psychics and mediums who can be called upon to assist in cases – allegedly, don’t know how true that one is because it came from a newspaper website. Problem I have with that is that anyone can call themselves a medium in this country without having to prove their worth, or even be licensed. Hopefully the petition will rectify that one..
http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/PsychicTesting/
If you havent signed it already..
So off I wandered, pondering as I went.. got distracted by other conversations, got called closed minded minded again again..
I came back a little later to a conversation about the Swine Flu epidemic, which is quite scarily getting closer to home. Curious, I asked ‘If you had to travel to a place where the ‘Flu was virile, would you consult a medium or psychic to find out if you were likely to become infected?’
The answer? a resounding ‘No! I wouldnt dream of it’
It disturbed me to find that the people who would place the responsibility of helping to find a lost child in a psychics hands would not take the advice of the same psychics when it concerned their own wellbeing.
I didnt need to ask why, the people involved wasted no time in informing me that the advice or information given by psychics is.. well, sometimes inaccurate, and as such shouldnt be taken that seriously – remember, these people are actually mediums.
In this country, its illegal to charge for this possibly inaccurate information unless you say its for entertainment. You can give inaccurate, misleading information you claim is directly from the dead though – thats okay, as long as you give it for free. No matter how sensitive it is.
I went on to ask a medium specifically if she ever had to give information that was sensitive? how did she deal with it?
She replied that she would withhold information if she thought it would cause heartbreak, and that she only used her gift to bring happiness to others.. Im not condeming her, I like her honesty.
It does pose the question however, as well as the scientific testing for mediums and psychics that we are currently campaigning for, should we also ask that psychics and mediums undergo some kind of counsilling training?
So, I ask again:
Should the police use Psychics and Mediums during Investigations? Specifically to help find missing persons?
I’ll leave you to think about that one..
