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| subject: | Re:Pagan solstice things -- PS (was Fem`ism) |
Yay for midsummer. > Beliefnet had a nice (though simplified, and universalized) article on the > Goddess/Wicca...implies a bit more "we're all like this" than I understand > to be the case, but you have to start somewhere, and it's useful info for > ppl who don't know much about it. This treads terribly close to a Major Pet Peeve of mine... all 'pagans' can be defined as X. AAAAGH. No. Big nasty dust-up a couple of years ago when the PUC tried to stuff us all under an umbrella together to make us seem less politicall frightening to the mainstream. To me, eliding difference in the same of some mythical political unity is oppressive and disingenuous. And I better stomp the hell out of this rant before it starts and I tick off the Weasel. So. [nota bene: this protest is in no way directed at anyone on this beach.] - darkelf, heathen, polytheist, solstice-celebratin' ===== Obsequium parit amicos; veritas parit odium. - Cicero (Compliance produces friends; truth produces hate.) __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com --- Rachel's Little NET2FIDO Gate v 0.9.9.8 Alpha* Origin: Rachel's Experimental Echo Gate (1:135/907.17) SEEN-BY: 633/267 270 @PATH: 135/907 123/500 106/2000 633/267 |
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