Path: typhoon.sonic.net!feed.news.sonic.net!uunet!sac.uu.net!ash.uu.net!news-out.visi.com!petbe.visi.com!dca1-feed2.news.algx.net!dca1-feed1.news.algx.net!allegiance!dca1-nnrp1.news.algx.net.POSTED!mythusmage From: Alan Kellogg Newsgroups: alt.magick.tyagi,alt.pagan,alt.religion.wicca,alt.traditional.witchcraft,alt.witchcraft,free.pagan.usenet,free.pagan-usenet,uk.religion.pagan Subject: Re: Field Guide to Wiccans References: User-Agent: MT-NewsWatcher/3.0 (PPC) Message-ID: Lines: 23 Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2003 05:33:22 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 216.120.4.248 X-Complaints-To: abuse@algx.net X-Trace: dca1-nnrp1.news.algx.net 1055482402 216.120.4.248 (Fri, 13 Jun 2003 01:33:22 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2003 01:33:22 EDT Organization: Allegiance Internet - Greenbelt, MD Xref: typhoon.sonic.net alt.magick.tyagi:40072 alt.pagan:357985 alt.religion.wicca:702862 alt.traditional.witchcraft:153601 alt.witchcraft:64373 uk.religion.pagan:140676 In article , "Jani" wrote: > I must admit, the updated version is very entertaining, and there are > some > nicely pointed comments there :) It's a pity that American neo paganism > is > reduced to this, though. > > Jani It happens in any group that gets above a certain size. Especially in a community that promotes individualism. At the same time, every community has its control freaks. It's a constant war between those who wish to go their own way, and those who insist that everybody follow their way. Stay in touch with the former, and make sure the latter are kept too busy to bother anybody. Alan -- http://www.mythusmage.com Writing Practice at: http://www.gamingoutpost.com