From: Steve (steve@multisell.com)
Date: Mon Aug 21 2000 - 11:57:18 MDT
From: Damien Broderick <d.broderick@english.unimelb.edu.au>
Subject: Re: Limits of tolerance /Scientology attack?
At 01:29 PM 20/08/00 +1000, I wrote speculatively:
>In case you're wondering, Dotty here is a scientologist, and is quoting
>the site's libellous accusations against Mr. Henson, a critic of the
>cult. This is a feeble attempt to discredit him, and not very effective.
>If you check out the site, you'll note there is no hard evidence, just
>innuendo.
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>I suspect these creatures have now found the extropes.
Yes, probably ..... but a feeble smear on an E-list doesn't deserve a second
thought ....
just flaming, not worth the trouble. On the whole Extropians/ Posthumans
don't attract much flak
whereas pagans have had to put up with lots worse for many years.
Here are two separate examples from my postbag TODAY!
(1) > WITCHES IN WARRIOR
> Al Ratcliffe
> WIAT (CBS News Worldwide)
>
> http://www.wiat.com/now/story/0,1597,225838-373,00.shtml
>
> After a Tuesday night full moon ritual was harassed by protestors
> the leader of the Pell City announced the lease of a house and land in
> North Jefferson County.
>
> Many people in Warrior say the witches need to stay where they are.
> "They don't need to come in our community and try to drag other people in
> their little think. What every they call it.," says Warrior resident Larry
> Mucha.
>
> Warriors police chief says his phone has been ringing off the hook
> since the news of the move got out. All concerned citizens wondering
> where the coven was going to locate.
>
> Some in the community say as long as the witches don't bother them,
> they have the same rights to freedom of religion as anybody else does.
>
>
> "People were raised in the church around here. It's wrong, it's just
> basically wrong. There ain't nothing good about it, everything about it is
> bad." Phillip Niblett
>
> Walk in Light and Love,
>
> Wren Walker
> The Witches' Voice
> http://www.witchvox.com
(2) > From: Joe Lanum <ww1262@dragonbbs.com>
>
> my name is linda lanum, my soulmate is in a Midwestern jail and they
have
> told him the being wiccian is a cult and a security risk and that he
cannot
> practice his religion or have anything that is wiccan, Celtic or druid
sent
> to him by mail. they have taken everything that i have sent to him that
is
> Wiccan. i know that you are a member of miwa, how can i get someone to
> help him. or who can i contact as they keep treating worse day by day.
you
> can contact me at ww1262@dragonbbs.com . thank you linda lanum
It is worth noting this sort of thing in the eventuality that Extropianism
does become big or bothersome enough to worry the vested interests and
fundamentalist nutters ..... myself and many others have had to deal with
flak for years particularly from the god squad ... and one common theme
across all variants post-/trans-humanism (even my own natural magick/
post-human/ MVT evolutionary approach) is its strong *anti-supernaturalism
*(and de facto anti-Christianity).
www.steve-nichols.com
Physician of Souls
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