wingnut- Posted September 23, 2019 Group: Royal Member Followers: 39 Topic Count: 101 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 7,673 Content Per Day: 1.31 Reputation: 7,358 Days Won: 67 Joined: 04/22/2008 Status: Offline Share Posted September 23, 2019 6 minutes ago, other one said: I'm thinking of giving out tricks this year to everyone over 10 Ageism!! Oh no!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeauJangles Posted September 23, 2019 Group: Royal Member Followers: 44 Topic Count: 229 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 10,900 Content Per Day: 2.93 Reputation: 12,145 Days Won: 68 Joined: 02/13/2014 Status: Offline Birthday: 08/14/1954 Share Posted September 23, 2019 17 minutes ago, other one said: I'm thinking of giving out tricks this year to everyone over 10 I understand exploding cigars are still a popular item. A good reminder about the dangers of smoking. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unworthyservant Posted September 23, 2019 Group: Senior Member Followers: 2 Topic Count: 96 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 645 Content Per Day: 0.38 Reputation: 298 Days Won: 0 Joined: 08/11/2019 Status: Offline Share Posted September 23, 2019 1 minute ago, Godismyloveforever said: Because pagans drank water, maybe we should not. What does drinking water have to do with the price of eggs in China much less the adoption of pagan ghost repelling rituals and turning them into a retail bonanza while children are starving all over the world including right in our own backyard? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unworthyservant Posted September 24, 2019 Group: Senior Member Followers: 2 Topic Count: 96 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 645 Content Per Day: 0.38 Reputation: 298 Days Won: 0 Joined: 08/11/2019 Status: Offline Share Posted September 24, 2019 2 minutes ago, maryjayne said: Did you know we burn a faggot at Christmas? I fear that it's unnecessary rhetoric like this that makes it hard to witness to a homosexual. You know it's hard to witness to someone after you have called them derogatory names? What if a homosexual person had come here today to seek spiritual guidance, would they have confidence that they would find much compassion here if they read this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeauJangles Posted September 24, 2019 Group: Royal Member Followers: 44 Topic Count: 229 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 10,900 Content Per Day: 2.93 Reputation: 12,145 Days Won: 68 Joined: 02/13/2014 Status: Offline Birthday: 08/14/1954 Share Posted September 24, 2019 Dia De Los Muertos (day of the dead) is a very big day here with the Hispanic community. Last year it fell on the 31st of October. Sometimes it's around the first of November. Due to the mixed Catholic/Shaman beliefs, souls go to some different plane of sorts and hang out for a while. Sounds too scary for me though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeauJangles Posted September 24, 2019 Group: Royal Member Followers: 44 Topic Count: 229 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 10,900 Content Per Day: 2.93 Reputation: 12,145 Days Won: 68 Joined: 02/13/2014 Status: Offline Birthday: 08/14/1954 Share Posted September 24, 2019 8 minutes ago, maryjayne said: Did you know we burn a faggot at Christmas? Unless it's similar to the extinct practice of burning the Yule Log, I assume it still means a bundle of wood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
other one Posted September 24, 2019 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 29 Topic Count: 595 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 56,036 Content Per Day: 7.56 Reputation: 27,781 Days Won: 271 Joined: 12/29/2003 Status: Offline Share Posted September 24, 2019 37 minutes ago, wingnut- said: Ageism!! Oh no!!! I would have to plead guilty..... I just couldn't scare the little ones.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
other one Posted September 24, 2019 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 29 Topic Count: 595 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 56,036 Content Per Day: 7.56 Reputation: 27,781 Days Won: 271 Joined: 12/29/2003 Status: Offline Share Posted September 24, 2019 23 minutes ago, BeauJangles said: I understand exploding cigars are still a popular item. A good reminder about the dangers of smoking. One of the three times I got a spanking at home.... when it went off my dad drove off into a ditch and got stuck.... was a really bad choice on my part for not keeping up when he got the loaded one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unworthyservant Posted September 24, 2019 Group: Senior Member Followers: 2 Topic Count: 96 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 645 Content Per Day: 0.38 Reputation: 298 Days Won: 0 Joined: 08/11/2019 Status: Offline Share Posted September 24, 2019 5 minutes ago, maryjayne said: Look up the British meaning and stop being so US-centric. This is an international site, and we are discussing international pagan ritual ongoing today. Because it had a meaning per the OED in the 18th century as a bundle of twigs doesn't make it any less insensitive given it's modern adaptation and I still maintain that homosexuals everywhere would see at as a derogatory name for them so i stand by my original premise that they might leave after seeing it. It's not about an obscure meaning (if I didn't know it I'm betting I'm not alone) as much as it is about sensitivity towards those who might be offended. FYI, I checked and there are numerous instances where British folks have used it as a synonym for homosexuals and the dictionary also has it as slang. Actually a couple only have the slang. I just wish we could discuss pagan rituals without divisive insinuation if not outright ridicule of folks who have nothing to do with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unworthyservant Posted September 24, 2019 Group: Senior Member Followers: 2 Topic Count: 96 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 645 Content Per Day: 0.38 Reputation: 298 Days Won: 0 Joined: 08/11/2019 Status: Offline Share Posted September 24, 2019 27 minutes ago, Godismyloveforever said: ?????????? Well crying isn't going to change anything (it never does do any good) so why not try something more productive? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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