you're telling me wiccans DON'T hand out candy on samhain?

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A Washington state school district is canceling its annual Halloween celebration, and the explanation has some parents baffled.

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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.

I can't wait for the response from the Wiccan Anti-Defamation League.

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Showing disrespect

[pennyhill.livejournal.com]

Do all the children in that Puyallup school put on warty noses and pointy hats for Halloween? Does the entire town mock those of the Wiccan faith? Are you showing disrespect if you dress as a member of any OTHER faith on Halloween, and why is no concern about THAT expressed? I once went to a Halloween party in the Chicago area, hosted by a husband who was Polish and a wife who was Italian. The joint was lousy with Catholics, lapsed and active. We had 1 pope & 3 nuns (I was one of the nuns) in attendance. No one said dressing up like the Pope or a nun on Halloween was disrespectful.

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

[rimrunner.livejournal.com]

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.

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

[pennyhill.livejournal.com]

. . . I coulda made some $$ with a bunch of glass bottles and Ebay.

Now there's a disturbing thought.
snicker

Re: Showing disrespect

[rimrunner.livejournal.com]

A friend who was living in the right (or wrong?) place for the 1980 eruption went around afterward putting ash into bottles and selling them at yard sales as "Magic Sky Dirt".

Now, she says, we have Ebay. Imagine the possibilities.

Re: Showing disrespect

[pennyhill.livejournal.com]

... "Magic Sky Dirt". Now, she says, we have Ebay. Imagine the possibilities."

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!