Sigh.

[kiya]

Local mailing list stupidity. Mod has requested that we not snark at the sanctimonious ass, which spares me the need to actually come up with something passably polite to say. I will just limit myself to:

I have no problem with those who prefer the "comfort" and "ease" and "convenience" of practicing indoors, I just wanted to mention that it's not how pagans traditionally practiced.

And if you believe that, I've got a hypostyle hall to sell you.




(Fucking neodruidic supremacist assholes.)

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[badseed1980.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I had a long response all written out to tell him he's being a total fucknut, and then I decided to say, "Fuck it, I will invoke modly powers to shut him up for good."

As much as I'd love to see people zing him back for what he said, I just don't want this carrying on.

[kiya]

It's shit like that that actually manages to make me feel sympathy for the reconstructionists who insist that they're not pagans. (Usually, I think they're nitwits with no sense of cultural context, which latter is ironic in a reconstructionist.)

And that's not even touching the whole "If you want to really commune with the powers of the universe tee-em, well, come visit my order" schtick. I have enough asshole in my religious life already, thanks; I'm a Set-worshipper. :P

[badseed1980.livejournal.com]

Yeah, this guy's been a troublemaker on local lists in the past, and I believe it was for the same kind of "you're doing it wrong" crap. If he tried again, I will ban him.

[kiya]

Pity he didn't internalise the fluffpagan "Proselytisation is baaaaad, man, it is Impinging On The Free Will Of Others" thing.

[badseed1980.livejournal.com]

That's one of the few GOOD stereotypical fluffy-Pagan knee-jerk reactions!

[thene]

Why yes, that's why no followers of polytheistic religions ever used to build temples or other religious monuments to practice in, and never reserved areas of their own homes to honour their gods in.

Oh, wait.

[badseed1980.livejournal.com]

Pssshhht. They weren't REAL Pagans!

[thene]

Quite. REAL PAGANS would have spent much more time running around outdoors with no clothes on.

[kiya]

I got three words for you.

Fifteen. Ton. Pylons.

[artan]

You pylon fifteen tons, and what do you get?

[kiya]

Smushed idiot.

[ivy]

Another Parthenon and deeper in debt.
Athena, don't you call me, 'cause I can't go,
I owe my oath to that damn Trojan Horse.

[tzeenj.livejournal.com]

Well, it's clear that you unfortunately don't live in the Carefree World of Rainbows and Unicorns like this person does. Shame on you! ;)

BTW- full marks for finding a way to use the term "neodruidic supremacist" is a discussion. Ranks up there with my coining the term "Neoplatonic weenie-boy".