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• 26 - Justene

  Aug 09, 2005 at 9:58 pm

  I often agree with Dave and do in this thread.
  
  It's unclear to me why it's ok for Cerulean to refer to Gardnerians as "young males hyped up on Pepsi and violent computer games, thinking they were having an argument on who was the best captain of the Enterprise or some other matter of life and death" and then insist that no one post comments against her beliefs.
  
  I am Catholic. I believe in transubstantiation. I've never found the derisive laughter of my secular friends to be offensive.

• 27 - Aaman

  Aug 09, 2005 at 9:59 pm

  Beam me up too, Scotty

• 28 - gonzo marx

  Aug 09, 2005 at 10:02 pm

  sorry, Aaman .. but Scotty is dead ... gone to join the Choir Invisible ... not passed out, but passed on ... off to Engineering Heaven...
  
  some one else will have to fix the damned dilithium crystals and switch the transporters to channel B
  
  and our tiny little mudball is slightly drearier because of it
  
  Excelsior!

• 29 - Dave Nalle

  Aug 09, 2005 at 10:07 pm

  Well, now Scotty actually has someplace to beam us up to.
  
  Dave

• 30 - Cerulean

  Aug 10, 2005 at 5:20 pm

  Gonzo, Christina Ricci said "Eeuuuw" when you sexually harassed her and stopped coming here.
  
  Thanks for your intelligent comments, Nancy.
  
  Dave, the thread was expunged so I could not check it. I had thought it was the two of you saying stuff like that but if not, then I apologize. You did make a comment about eating puppies and more like it. I didn't find it amusing. It's on my "Witchcraft vs. Catholicism Part II" thread. First comment.
  
  Jen, I don't quite know how to respond to not knowing if earlier pagans worshipped the moon. Otherwise, I would agree with your points about adaptability although your friend Dave would seem not to.
  
  Gypsyman you have some particular opinions. If we disallowed all religious festivals and customs carried over from a more rural existence, that would leave almost none. Any person can use any religion for any purpose. Look at televangelists or bigamous Mormon cult leaders. Any trendy spiritual belief attracts a variety of people and there's a lot of selfish people out there. I feel that many people reaching back to Wiccan teachings however are trying to connect to the Earth and that that's positive. I don't agree that the mix and match aspect of modern spiritual practices is the problem. For one thing, those will never be people who hijack planes or refuse to leave the settlements in Israel. It's the spirit of the thing, is it about love, communing with the God of your understanding, and trying to live the best life you can? Some people who mix and match are trying to do that and some who belong to strict old line religions are molesting children or stealing from the church fund.
  
  Justene you misunderstood. I didn't make any particular comments against Gardnerians but against hairsplitting. In this case the hairsplitters happened to be agressive young males, who are not uncommon on the internet. In general hairsplitting among pagans is done equally by both genders as I noted. I thought of editing my comment about those guys out to avoid having a side issue.
  
  I'm sorry to anyone whose sensibilties might have been offended by that comment but there's a lot of those guys all over the internet. I'd be glad to stop writing about them if I stopped encountering them.
  
  Well this discussion started pretty well and then it turned into get me, or is that just how it seems? I saw people disagreeing with Dave and now they agree and more come in besides. OK then. Well, thanks Nancy.

• 31 - gonzo marx

  Aug 10, 2005 at 5:24 pm

  correction Cerulean..the "ewwwww" was for the drool bucket comment, and both she and Adam posted after that comment
  
  but, whatever...
  
  think of me as ya like, i take full Responsibility for what i type...
  
  i'll leave the judgemental self righteous bullshit to others...
  
  {8^P~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  
  have a sooOOooooper day
  
  Excelsior!

• 32 - Cerulean

  Aug 10, 2005 at 5:38 pm

  He kept coming back and she did not. Nice try.
  
  I'm sure that it would be convenient for you if this issue would be dismissed as bullshit, however unlikely.

• 33 - troll

  Aug 10, 2005 at 5:41 pm

  -Gonzo, Christina Ricci said "Eeuuuw" when you sexually harassed her and stopped coming here.-
  
  I've been under here for a while and ya know -
  
  Ricci and company came to this site thru google to contest a - perhaps - libelous article that you posted
  
  and now you say Gonzo chased her off with his raunchy comments
  
  very tastee - take your distorting self off my bridge
  
  troll

• 34 - Dave Nalle

  Aug 10, 2005 at 5:42 pm

  >>Dave, the thread was expunged so I could not check it. I had thought it was the two of you saying stuff like that but if not, then I apologize. You did make a comment about eating puppies and more like it. I didn't find it amusing. It's on my "Witchcraft vs. Catholicism Part II" thread. First comment.<<
  
  That comment was humorous in the context of your initial posting, which brought up the silly 100,000 puppies in pagan heaven idea. You seem to run into a lot of trouble because you make these posts which are supposed to be funny, but you have no actual sense of humor when it comes to people responding to you. Something to consider.
  
  And BTW, people do eat puppies. Most of those who do are pagans, though I bet none are Wiccans..
  
  Dave

• 35 - Cerulean

  Aug 10, 2005 at 6:38 pm

  Dave, it was a humorous article of mine that you were responding to with that comment, and one enjoyed by thousands of people. Nothing wrong with my humor just because I don't like sick stuff that you post to be sick. You enjoy feeding off people's outrage, especially women. It's sad. Can't you generate enough interest in your own postings to suit you?
  
  Thank you for making my point that you are not sensitive enough to have a sincere interest in advising pagans on how to conduct their religion. I was just going to email you to try to clear up the certain comments I made about you here and possibly delete them. In fact I just copied your email address to do that, when I saw this posting. Maybe this is just God's way of telling me to forget it cause it's hard to care when you post shit like that.

• 36 - gonzo marx

  Aug 10, 2005 at 6:53 pm

  convenient?
  
  ok..now i laughed...
  
  thanks
  
  Excelsior!

• 37 - Bennett

  Aug 10, 2005 at 7:20 pm

  troll - #33 - dead nuts on.

• 38 - Al Barger

  Aug 10, 2005 at 11:27 pm

  Cerulean, your hypocrisy does not impress me here, particularly since it is an especially harsh hypocrisy.
  
  For starters, you go on even in the original post cluck-clucking about not wanting people to make "hateful comments." Then you come in accusing Gonzo of "sexual harassment." That's pretty goddam hateful of YOU.
  
  Besides which, it's so utterly baseless. Gonzo is in no position to "sexually harass" a rich celebrity that he's never even met.
  
  Besides which, as has been pointed out, that it was YOUR arguably hateful comments about her boyfriend that Miss Ricci was here objecting too.
  
  It's bad enough when you make baseless accusations against strangers. I would hope that the Goldberg incident would have made that point clear to you.
  
  But it's much worse when you make ugly baseless comments like this within the family. Gonzo is a fine upstanding contributor to the Blogcritics community, and you owe him an apology.
  
  It's obvious from your writing that you have issues with men. Fine. We've all got issues.
  
  It's NOT fine to take your problems out by falsely accusing brother Blogcritics of wickedness.
  
  Are you going to make amends to Gonzo, or does your made up goddess say that bearing false witness against your neighbor is ok?

• 39 - gonzo marx

  Aug 10, 2005 at 11:34 pm

  oh big Al..you really do care...
  
  /sniffles
  
  but no worries, Cerulean is certanily welcome to her opinion of me..and i require less than nothing from her...
  
  not all "jests" are taken well by everyone, nor are all of them understood
  
  after all...
  
  your mileage may vary
  
  Excelsior!

• 40 - Al Barger

  Aug 10, 2005 at 11:40 pm

  Come on Gonzo, give me a little kiss baby.
  
  XOX

• 41 - gonzo marx

  Aug 10, 2005 at 11:47 pm

  you brute..well...only if you wear the chiffon tutu...and shave yer back
  
  Excelsior!

• 42 - Jewels

  Aug 11, 2005 at 12:13 am

  WELL, this was a fun little romp! Started out talking wicca and paganism and LOOK! Guys shaving backs, wearing tutu's and oooohhh Kisses! Very fun.
  Read this article as had family members of the wiccan circles. Nobody wore tutu's or shaved their backs. More like looking into glasses of water to see the future and, yeah, moondancing. Can't keep the pic of the tutu's out of my mind. Thanks.

• 43 - Dave Nalle

  Aug 11, 2005 at 12:37 am

  >>Dave, it was a humorous article of mine that you were responding to with that comment, and one enjoyed by thousands of people. Nothing wrong with my humor just because I don't like sick stuff that you post to be sick. <<
  
  Sick humor? People DO eat puppies. Take it up with some Koreans. How can you even exist in the blogosphere when you're so hypersensitive and can't take even the smallest joke?
  
  >>You enjoy feeding off people's outrage, especially women.<<
  
  Where on earth do you get that idea? I've never said a single sexist word on BC, never said anything specifically offensive to women, and the puppy comment had nothing to do with women either. You're paranoid and delusional. Plus my comments are generally not sensationalistic of offensive.
  
  >> It's sad. Can't you generate enough interest in your own postings to suit you? <<
  
  So, you think we should be limited to commenting on our own writing? I'm sure that would suit your desire for censorship, but it's not the way it works here on BC.
  
  Dave
  

• 44 - Al Barger

  Aug 11, 2005 at 12:39 am

  You're most welcome Jewels. Gonzo Marx and I are but your humble comic servants, eager to serve your entertainment needs.
  
  Similarly, perhaps you would enjoy this vintage number from the archives.

• 45 - Bob A. Booey

  Aug 11, 2005 at 2:42 am

  You should all be sterilized.
  
  I hope you're all typing this on laptops placed directly over your genitals.
  
  That is all.

• 46 - Kissing Bandit

  Aug 17, 2005 at 1:43 am

  KB, conflict with what? I think most conflicts involve differences of opinion. If someone has a difference of opinion with himself or herself, well, I'd say that's somewhat unusual.

  
  
  It's called inner conflict. Sorry it's taken me so long to find this thread again.
  
  Each individual has some level of inner conflict with their core self - ego and higher self - call it what you will, it is still conflict :)...that is all I meant by the statement.