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"Cat Protector" wrote in message news:vIf9b.4794$v%5.3329@fed1read02... Nobody mentioned slavery or the whole race issue but you seem to want to take things out of context and turn it into something about you. Are you offended by my having a black cat? The whole post was humorous and that was all it was. It seems to me you want to take something that isn't there and make a whole issue out of it. You need to learn to relax here and maybe laugh a little. As for discimination, I have faced it but I also know when some things were meant as a joke. The original posting that I made was meant for humor. It seems most here got that but you insist it was nothing more than a ruthless attempt to pick on Pagans (which were never even picked on nor brought up until you mentioned them). Nobody was picking on the Pagans here so you need to learn to lighten up. There is also a not anti-Pagan campaign here either but you seem to want fight something that isn't there. Personally, I got nothing against them. No..I said your sense of humor perpetuates the ignorance tied to the use of a pentagram. My point was that you might laugh at a "slave" joke but I know a lot of people who wouldn't. There is a whole myth tied to the pentagram so now those people who wear it as a symbol of love of earth have to deal with the ignorant majority who continue to see it as some thing negative...which by the way was how you used it. I am not saying you are mounting a anti-pagan campaign..merely pointing out how your "jokes" are spreading ignorance. How bout those burning cross jokes huh???? what? not funny? Of course here is something that may shock and upset you. I have a black cat and I consider all black cats as being a symbol of good luck. BTW, I have known those who practice both Paganism and Wicca and am well versed on what the pentagram symbolizes but satanists also seem to use it as a symbol. First off...I have a black cat too..big deal. That's another stupid myth. Secondly, you aren't well versed in Paganism or Wicca or you wouldn't think the pentagram they use is the same as the inverted one used by the satanist. It's not the same as the star of David either in case that alluded you. One thing I know for sure is that most of those practictioners have a sense of humor and have laughed at some of the jokes. Why? Because they are human and are quite confident in themselves and their practice. They also try to spread postive and not negative. Honestly...I am one of the least "militant" people I know when it comes to this stuff. NONE of the pagans I know appreciate the continued spread of ignorance when it comes to our spirituality. Frankly..I don't think you know any practicing Wiccans. Yes, we walk in the light, are basically positive earth based persons...but having to deal with discrimination because some yahoo got the wrong idea about what a pentagram means from some stupid internet joke will make anyone a little cranky. And when faced with negative they try to turn it into positive. You can try to turn this into a flame war if you want to but no ill will was meant here. It was humor. Nothing more and nothing less. What does W.A.R.D. supposed mean anyway? Ask your witch friends. You have so many that you feel confident you know what they will find funny...should be a simple task. BTW, for those who have non-black cats I am also a member of your society as well as I also have a diluted Tabby. If Agua girl or anyone else wants to be mad about that then there is nothing I can do here. I am simply a cat lover and servent to two cats. Again...I don't care what color your cats are. You could have a pet serpent for all I care. Just stop promoting the idea..even in joke..that the pentagram is something to be feared or means something negative. That's all I asked in the first place. Your the one who got all defensive and assumed that my reaction meant I had no sense of humor. This is a religious symbol. The fact that some satanist invert it much as they do the cross doesn't mean they also "use" the symbol. You can do a lot of harm with your "jokes". If you really do have "pagan" friends then you should be willing to grow a little as a human and avoid "jokes" that could potentially harm. AG |
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