Derek Acorah RIP (n/t) 09:44 - Jan 4 with 7386 views | SitfcB | | |
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Derek Acorah RIP (n/t) on 09:53 - Jan 4 with 2371 views | artsbossbeard | Is he? I'm still getting tweets from him... | |
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Derek Acorah RIP (n/t) on 09:55 - Jan 4 with 2348 views | gerryitfc | You should've put OFF after RIP. | | | |
Derek Acorah RIP (n/t) on 10:08 - Jan 4 with 2287 views | Coco | He’ll be back | |
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Derek Acorah RIP (n/t) on 10:14 - Jan 4 with 2281 views | Guthrum | He was a friend of a friend (tho I never met him myself). Apparently a decent bloke, whatever you may think of his abilities. | |
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Derek Acorah RIP (n/t) on 10:27 - Jan 4 with 2244 views | factual_blue | Well, he'll find out if it's true now, won't he? | |
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Derek Acorah RIP (n/t) on 10:31 - Jan 4 with 2238 views | factual_blue |
Derek Acorah RIP (n/t) on 10:14 - Jan 4 by Guthrum | He was a friend of a friend (tho I never met him myself). Apparently a decent bloke, whatever you may think of his abilities. |
Well, his abilities weren't enough to earn him even one first team start under Bill Shankly. | |
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Derek Acorah RIP (n/t) on 10:33 - Jan 4 with 2232 views | Ftnfwest | Didn’t he have a suet company? | | | |
Derek Acorah RIP (n/t) on 10:36 - Jan 4 with 2235 views | Cheltenham_Blue | Knew him, as i've worked with a lot of the 'Host Hunted' crew over the last 15 years. What ever you think about him, he was always friendly, self depreciating and genuinely cared that people around him were cared for and were happy. A genuinely nice man. | |
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Derek Acorah RIP (n/t) on 10:49 - Jan 4 with 2196 views | sparks |
Derek Acorah RIP (n/t) on 10:36 - Jan 4 by Cheltenham_Blue | Knew him, as i've worked with a lot of the 'Host Hunted' crew over the last 15 years. What ever you think about him, he was always friendly, self depreciating and genuinely cared that people around him were cared for and were happy. A genuinely nice man. |
I have tried to resist comment. I don't question people saying that they found him a nice and caring man. I do question whether someone who takes money from vulnerable people, by claiming to communicate with dead loved ones, can ever really be considered "caring" or "decent". [Post edited 4 Jan 2020 10:52]
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Derek Acorah RIP (n/t) on 10:54 - Jan 4 with 2159 views | Herbivore |
Derek Acorah RIP (n/t) on 10:36 - Jan 4 by Cheltenham_Blue | Knew him, as i've worked with a lot of the 'Host Hunted' crew over the last 15 years. What ever you think about him, he was always friendly, self depreciating and genuinely cared that people around him were cared for and were happy. A genuinely nice man. |
Who made a career out of preying on the vulnerable. Lovely chap. | |
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Derek Acorah RIP (n/t) on 10:58 - Jan 4 with 2144 views | Cheltenham_Blue |
Derek Acorah RIP (n/t) on 10:54 - Jan 4 by Herbivore | Who made a career out of preying on the vulnerable. Lovely chap. |
It's a matter of opinions though isn't it? Did you ever get conned by him? I doubt it. But have you considered that the people who got 'messages' from him got enormous comfort from it? Again, I doubt it. Like I said, he was a nice guy. I'm not to keen on a lot of professions or people, but that doesn't mean they aren't nice as people. | |
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Derek Acorah RIP (n/t) on 11:00 - Jan 4 with 2133 views | Herbivore |
Derek Acorah RIP (n/t) on 10:58 - Jan 4 by Cheltenham_Blue | It's a matter of opinions though isn't it? Did you ever get conned by him? I doubt it. But have you considered that the people who got 'messages' from him got enormous comfort from it? Again, I doubt it. Like I said, he was a nice guy. I'm not to keen on a lot of professions or people, but that doesn't mean they aren't nice as people. |
He made money lying to vulnerable people. That makes him scum in my eyes, even if he was quite a pleasant chap to chat to over a cuppa when he wasn't swindling anyone. | |
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Derek Acorah RIP (n/t) on 11:00 - Jan 4 with 2134 views | sparks |
Derek Acorah RIP (n/t) on 10:58 - Jan 4 by Cheltenham_Blue | It's a matter of opinions though isn't it? Did you ever get conned by him? I doubt it. But have you considered that the people who got 'messages' from him got enormous comfort from it? Again, I doubt it. Like I said, he was a nice guy. I'm not to keen on a lot of professions or people, but that doesn't mean they aren't nice as people. |
I dont accept that it is opinion. I agree that some people may have got comfort from it. I have huge problems though, with the morality of providing comfort of that type, by deceiving them. | |
| The presence of those seeking the truth is infinitely to be preferred to the presence of those who think they've found it.
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Derek Acorah RIP (n/t) on 11:02 - Jan 4 with 2122 views | Cheltenham_Blue |
Derek Acorah RIP (n/t) on 11:00 - Jan 4 by sparks | I dont accept that it is opinion. I agree that some people may have got comfort from it. I have huge problems though, with the morality of providing comfort of that type, by deceiving them. |
OK. I'm fine with that. | |
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Derek Acorah RIP (n/t) on 11:02 - Jan 4 with 2119 views | Cheltenham_Blue |
Derek Acorah RIP (n/t) on 11:00 - Jan 4 by Herbivore | He made money lying to vulnerable people. That makes him scum in my eyes, even if he was quite a pleasant chap to chat to over a cuppa when he wasn't swindling anyone. |
Fine with your opinion too. | |
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Derek Acorah RIP (n/t) on 11:02 - Jan 4 with 2115 views | hoppy | Funeral will be interesting... Derek knock twice if you're there | |
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Derek Acorah RIP (n/t) on 11:10 - Jan 4 with 2076 views | factual_blue |
Derek Acorah RIP (n/t) on 09:53 - Jan 4 by artsbossbeard | Is he? I'm still getting tweets from him... |
Maybe you're also dead... | |
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Derek Acorah RIP (n/t) on 11:18 - Jan 4 with 2053 views | The_Romford_Blue |
Derek Acorah RIP (n/t) on 10:54 - Jan 4 by Herbivore | Who made a career out of preying on the vulnerable. Lovely chap. |
I’ve said it before on here (and got slaughtered for it because the RIP thread was about someone in horse racing) but I find it massively distasteful that people would choose this type of thread to slag the person off. It’s poor form. | |
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Derek Acorah RIP (n/t) on 11:18 - Jan 4 with 2052 views | clive_baker |
Derek Acorah RIP (n/t) on 10:36 - Jan 4 by Cheltenham_Blue | Knew him, as i've worked with a lot of the 'Host Hunted' crew over the last 15 years. What ever you think about him, he was always friendly, self depreciating and genuinely cared that people around him were cared for and were happy. A genuinely nice man. |
Genuine question, did he actually believe in what he was doing? Did he think he had an ability to communicate with dead people and believe himself to be doing so? Or was he aware it was acting / a form of entertainment at the expense of vulnerable people? It makes a bit of a difference IMO when it comes to a character assassination, and would be more sympathetic if it's the former. If so, you might argue the morality of that isn't dissimilar to a number of professions (clergyman for example). | |
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Derek Acorah RIP (n/t) on 11:18 - Jan 4 with 2048 views | The_Romford_Blue | Watched him a couple of years ago on Celebrity Big Brother. Seemed a nice chap. RIP | |
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Derek Acorah RIP (n/t) on 11:19 - Jan 4 with 2044 views | jeera |
Derek Acorah RIP (n/t) on 11:00 - Jan 4 by Herbivore | He made money lying to vulnerable people. That makes him scum in my eyes, even if he was quite a pleasant chap to chat to over a cuppa when he wasn't swindling anyone. |
Although I mirror the views there of yours and Bully's, it's possible some of these types believe their own abilities to be real. When I was young I went to a few circles and witnessed mediums, not only contacting 'other's, but some going full-trance. There were some local mini-celebrities involved, as in business people, a [medical] doctor, a DJ from what was then Radio Orwell... I wonder if there's mental health issues involved, as it's clearly bollox, but these weren't getting anything from anyone and quite obviously believe in their own and each other's abilities. it was all rather bizarre. Edit: I see CB has raised the same point. [Post edited 4 Jan 2020 11:24]
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Derek Acorah RIP (n/t) on 11:22 - Jan 4 with 2042 views | BlueBadger | Lots of obituaries avoiding the words 'fraud' and 'preyed on the vulnerable' this morning, I bet. | |
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Derek Acorah RIP (n/t) on 11:22 - Jan 4 with 2035 views | footers |
Derek Acorah RIP (n/t) on 11:18 - Jan 4 by clive_baker | Genuine question, did he actually believe in what he was doing? Did he think he had an ability to communicate with dead people and believe himself to be doing so? Or was he aware it was acting / a form of entertainment at the expense of vulnerable people? It makes a bit of a difference IMO when it comes to a character assassination, and would be more sympathetic if it's the former. If so, you might argue the morality of that isn't dissimilar to a number of professions (clergyman for example). |
That's an interesting point. Girl I went to school with also does this (charging up to £20 p/h for readings!) and she genuinely believes that she can talk with the spirit world through tarot etc. But on the other hand there are thousands of books on cold reading which are essentially instructions manuals on deception. Interesting how people can convince themselves of things like that, no matter how rational a person they are. Still a load of bllocks either way, in my v humble onion :) | |
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Derek Acorah RIP (n/t) on 11:22 - Jan 4 with 2033 views | clive_baker |
Derek Acorah RIP (n/t) on 11:18 - Jan 4 by The_Romford_Blue | I’ve said it before on here (and got slaughtered for it because the RIP thread was about someone in horse racing) but I find it massively distasteful that people would choose this type of thread to slag the person off. It’s poor form. |
I don't see why a sensible discussion can't be had. We're not sat around at his wake having it, we're on a football forum. Everyone's entitled to their opinion. Maybe you can raise a drink to him tonight? Dare I say it, a spirit? | |
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Derek Acorah RIP (n/t) on 11:24 - Jan 4 with 2015 views | BlueBadger |
Derek Acorah RIP (n/t) on 11:00 - Jan 4 by Herbivore | He made money lying to vulnerable people. That makes him scum in my eyes, even if he was quite a pleasant chap to chat to over a cuppa when he wasn't swindling anyone. |
I understand that Harry Redknapp is quite good company... | |
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