Ellen, Why are you surprised? There are many many many things you do not know. There have been many articles about the rise of Neo-Paganism in the US prison system lately, including in the post. Do you think that museums about the Underground Railroad or slavery should just "let it go" too? How about the Holocaust museum? The whole Salem, MA thing is a very interesting study of mass hysteria and mob behavior. There are lessons to be learned from it. As George Santayana said "Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it". However most Wiccans I know don't consider this a "bonding" place since no one actually was a witch. There have be other times and places where witches have been killed for their beliefs. Daria
On 12/11/06, Ellen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I didn't know neo-pagans had chaplains! Do you minister to neo- pagans in hospitals and prisons? Does that include wiccans? You should definitely check out Salem, MA sometime! We joke though that they are totally capitalizing on an awful time in US history that ended before the War of Independence started. Let it go, already. But maybe they're celebrating the fact that witches are no longer hunted down and burned at the stake or something like that. Whatever works.
