garnetsilver
Truth Seeker
While I understand that historical aspect, just calling attention to the darned thing may make people want to go out and get a personal one. Ah, well, free will prevails, and we can only hope for the best.
Yes, I keep close watch on this. The pink came out awhile ago. My rant about Ouija is posted here.I just looked up who makes and sells them and it’s Hasbro. The same company that sells Nerf, easy bake oven, Candyland and Clue. They now make a Ouija board in pink! Because, every little girl needs to summon a demon after making cookies in her easy bake oven... How’s that marketing for you? Seriously, this is so wrong.
Whoa! That's terrible.Here's an interesting piece of info I found on wiki about it.
In 1901, an employee of Bond's named William Fuld had taken over the Ouija business. Some say that he even rewrote the board's history, claiming that he had invented it, but upon closer inspection, there is no evidence that he ever made such statements. In 1919, Col. Washington Bowie, the final shareholder (at this point Bond and Kennard had already gotten out) sold his remaining shares in the company to Fuld for $1, making him the sole owner of the Ouija empire. Fuld's name would become deeply intertwined with the Ouija board, and he would sue many companies over the name and concept—right up until his tragic death in 1927, when he fell from the roof of a new factory—a factory that a Ouija board had supposedly told him to build.