Comments on: A Few Quick Notes

By: campfour

campfour — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 22:08:38 +0000

I know for a fact that Randall was a Wicca,because I served eight years in prison with him. He was far from being a loner in prison and he always played dumb…..

By: Lonnie

Lonnie — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 21:00:38 +0000

Hey, I found this regarding Randall Lee Smith, and his previous murders:

"He noted that the possessions of the murdered hikers were buried and hidden in a complex pattern aligned with compass points, as if Smith wanted to be sure he could find them later. "

So… it may be that even back during the first murder he had some sort of twisted idea that he was performing some kind of "wiccan ritual".

I'm surprised no one has drawn that connection yet…

It's a shame that this occured in my own fair state. It makes me think we should take up a collection or something to donate to the victims.

By: Dragonfly

Dragonfly — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 16:30:49 +0000

Yeah, I know it's wasted. But, sometimes ya just gotta say something, even if it's to deaf ears. Your light metaphor is spot on, for fun or not. Sometimes, when the JW's & Mormons knock on my door it's really hard to not "proslytize" right back at 'em. You know, just for fun!

By: Pax

Pax — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 14:30:05 +0000

Well, certainly the seeking of publicity should never be the ONLY reason one is involved in charitable work!

I really do not understand why so many people have so much trouble with the idea of writing "Pagan Community" in the donated by line of a form … or of supporting and volunteering at some specifically Pagan run charities as well as other charities…

It just seems to me if we supported our own community by supporting Pagan run Charities and pagan operated non-profits it would be good for both our community and the larger community… but folks seem to have some real problems with that.

By: AmericanTrikstr

AmericanTrikstr — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 14:29:38 +0000

Methinks your logic and reasoning is wasted on him. For fun, here's how I take the light metaphor.

The light in my room is blue, because I like blue. Kevin comes in.

Kevin: "That's the wrong colored light."
Me: "Excuse me?"
Kevin: "Light isn't suppose to be blue. It should be white."
Me: "But I like blue."
Kevin: "The blue light is a false light."
Me: "It seems to be illuminating the room just fine to me."
Kevin: "Well you are wrong. People should only have white light in their rooms."
Me: "Man, you're gonna hate the UUs then. They have more colored lights than a Christmas tree."

By: AmericanTrikstr

AmericanTrikstr — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 14:18:28 +0000

Don't let the door hit your ass on the way out.

I wouldn't want butt-prints on Jason's new door.

By: AmericanTrikstr

AmericanTrikstr — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 14:14:51 +0000

Both you and Snooze make good points. For the record I'm agreeing with what you say, and the examples Snooze gives are good ones. Was mostly just providing a counter-argument, hence the "Loki's Advocate" disclaimer.

One thing about community service or charity, though, is that I have always viewed that if you do it for media attention, you're doing it for the wrong reasons. If the media comes by to check it out, awesome. But for me personally, I couldn't rationalize a reason to inform the media about charitable work myself or another pagan group is doing. Wouldn't be able to shake off the idea that I'm being an attention whore, even if it's in a minor way or for a good reason/cause.

If anything the only reason I would contact the media would be to bring attention to the cause of the charity, like same homelessness. But given how the media acts I know the article would be all about the pagans and barely about the cause.