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Jason Pitzl-Waters on Aug 19th 2006 at 1:38 pm Uncategorized

The Occult Google

Back in July the Guardians’s technology blog reported on an unusual condition attached to Google’s new “Checkout” service (their own version of PayPal).

“Users are also prohibited from using Checkout to sell Occult goods (that’s “materials, goods or paraphernalia for use in satanic, sacrificial, or related practices” to you and me)”

But it seems that this policy has now changed.

“One eagle-eyed reader has got back in touch to point out that the T&Cs seem to have mysteriously changed themselves. No longer are occult goods banished to the dark and scary netherworld outside the Googleplex…So what does this mean? Pressure from religious communities? A tacit acceptance of human sacrifice? I’ll try and get a response from Google and see what’s what.”

Maybe they simply realized that money is money, no matter which religious system is making it for you.

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2 responses so far

  • Mareli

    I’m sure it’s all dollars to them, probably missed out on a big sale bc of their policy…

  • steward

    Technically speaking, that policy would bar sale of Roman Catholic goods, as the Catholic Mass is a sacrificial rite:”The Holy Sacrifice, because it makes present the one sacrifice of Christ the Savior and includes the Church’s offering. The terms holy sacrifice of the Mass, ‘sacrifice of praise,’ spiritual sacrifice, pure and holy sacrifice are also used, since it completes and surpasses all the sacrifices of the Old Covenant.”( http://www.vatican.va/archive/ccc_css/archive/catechism/p2s2c1a3.htm#1323 )