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roneA Washington state school district is canceling its annual Halloween celebration, and the explanation has some parents baffled.I can't wait for the response from the Wiccan Anti-Defamation League.
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The district said Halloween celebrations and children dressed in Halloween costumes might be offensive to real witches.
"Witches with pointy noses and things like that are not respective symbols of the Wiccan religion and so we want to be respectful of that," Hansen said.
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Date: 2004-10-21 03:19 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2004-10-21 03:34 pm (UTC)statecommonwealth of Virginia): We stopped celebrating Halloween at school because some conservative parents were complaining that it was devil-worship or some such nonsense.Though he is right that withces with pointy noses aren't respective symbols of the Wiccan religion - those'd be bisexual 20somethings that wear all black.
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Date: 2004-10-21 04:48 pm (UTC)It's true!
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Date: 2004-10-21 03:46 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-10-21 04:37 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-10-21 04:43 pm (UTC)(There actually is, or was, a Witches' Anti-Defamation League. It was disbanded due to infighting. True story.)
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Date: 2004-10-22 08:42 pm (UTC)Showing disrespect
Date: 2004-10-21 07:37 pm (UTC)Like Merde, I grab my head like a stunned monkey.
Maybe the deal is that no one is afraid of an offended Catholic, but they quake in their fishin' boots at the thought of a pissed off witch.
Perhaps it's the emissions from Mount St. Helens
Re: Showing disrespect
Date: 2004-10-21 08:23 pm (UTC)Because we'll TURN them into TOADS! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
Perhaps it's the emissions from Mount St. Helens
The mountain hasn't emitted much lately. If it had blown when I was in Portland a few weeks ago, I coulda made some $$ with a bunch of glass bottles and Ebay.
Re: Showing disrespect
Date: 2004-10-22 12:13 am (UTC)Now there's a disturbing thought.
snicker
Re: Showing disrespect
Date: 2004-10-22 08:54 am (UTC)Now, she says, we have Ebay. Imagine the possibilities.
Re: Showing disrespect
Date: 2004-10-22 09:10 am (UTC)Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! On the other hand, if ya's got some big, nasty volcano burping ash all over the yard ... may as recoup some of your clean-up costs!
Solution to Warts!
Date: 2004-10-21 07:47 pm (UTC)Relief is at hand for the self-conscious witches of Washington ... and the solution comes from Madigan Army Medical Center in Tacoma, just a short drive from Puyallup to the West. (http://news.nationalgeographic.com/kids/2003/10/ducttape.html)Duct Tape! At last, something constructive people can do with all those cases of duct tape they bought to make their homes safe from dirty bombs! (Thank you, Tommy Thompson!)
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Date: 2004-10-21 07:49 pm (UTC)