Subj : Fort Hood Witches
To   : MOEBIUS
From : TODD HENSON
Date : Thu Mar 22 2001 06:41 pm

> The Moon was red, making TODD HENSON ask MOEBIUS, "Is this a bad sign?"
> 
>  >>  TH> Blame for everything that's wrong? Do you mean in the military, or
>  >>  TH> American society in general?
> 
>  >> Both.  The lack of understanding (and /willingness/ to understand) cuts
>  >> across all class lines.  It's not always obvious, but it's there.
> 
>  TH> Are you saying that witches are blamed for what's wrong in society?
> 
> Ever since the 1400s, with a brief respite for two world wars and the
> McCarthy years.


Here and there, I'm sure. But let's not fall into exaggerated
generalizations.


> Read the following article - which Ray posted earlier - and tell me it
> isn't happening.
> 

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> 
> Need I say more?


Yes, I saw the article. I'm quite sure that we can find a small percentage
of Americans who 
think witches are the cause of all evil.

But then again, there IS some truth to that perception, if you look at the
fact that most of the 
organizations who support draconian and exaggerated environmental laws,
tend to have a 
pagan-like view of the earth, as well as a pagan-like disdain of anything
that disagrees with that 
view. Many of these American and United Nations organizations are abusing
environmental 
legislation to steal land from people, based on liberal organizations that
are basically 
Gaia-zealots. 

This is a global problem, because if it doesn't involve stealing land
because of a freakin' owl, 
then it involves costly legislation based on a trumped-up fear of "global
warming", even though 
there's no solid evidence for it, and on top of that, it often isn't
scientists who make these 
determinations, but bureaucrats.

So in a sense, the increasingly "paganized" view of earth that has become
the darling of leftists, 
both in America as well as across the globe, truly IS a source of evil in
the world. :-)

But I wouldn't blame any kidnappings on the local witches. :-)


>  TH> As for "lack of understanding", I've seen PLENTY of that right here in
>  TH> this echo...where petty
>  TH> prejudices run wild against certain types of religious thought, where
>  TH> opinions have been quick
>  TH> but understanding BEHIND those opinions have been might slow. Perhaps
>  TH> you're on to something there.
> 
> Of course I am.  You never see it until you change your perspective, and
> I've had to do that many times.


Very true.
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