You know me; I'm never one to offer opinions on stuff, be they controversial or run of the mill. I don't like to get involved in arguments, and I firmly believe that everybody else's opinions are as valid and correct as mine. I'm just that nice.
Alternatively, I could stop lying and make another one of my sweeping generalisations based purely on my (usually limited) experience of the subject in question. So here goes...
There's no such thing as ghosts.
Surely I'm on safe ground here? I've never seen a ghost, and I don't know anyone who as (or at least who has admitted to it), but I heard one of the cleaners at work telling someone that they hadn't seen this particular family member in ectoplasmic form for a few weeks. You have no idea how much strength of character it took not to turn round and say "Oh for fuck's sake, grow up will you". But I did.
The thing is, if I said "Go on then clever clogs, provide evidence of their existence" they'd be stumped. In today's world of 24-hour news and omnipresent Internet information, any plausible viewings would be all of the world by lunchtime. But they're not. Inevitably the spook-botherer would counter with "Prove that they don't existthen". In which case I'd shrug and put my arms out, as if to "Look around you, assface - you see any sheets with holes for eyes?"
My opinions on the afterlife and spiritualism are at best contradictory, mainly because my scientifically-driven mind fight for supremacy over my interest in all things from leftfield (not the band). I'm pretty sure that this any decent evidence to prove ghosts exist would throw my whole belief system into disarray, but the simple fact that after all these years not a single respectable recorded case of bumps in the night has been seen, I'm pretty secure in my convictions.
Now clairvoyants, don't even get me started on them...
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