The Corrections
Thursday May 17, 2007
I thought it might be amusing to post a couple of "correction" stories posted in various news venues after offended Pagans wrote in to correct egregious errors. The first concerns wayward Wiccan David Logsdon, a Kansas man who shot four people in a violent rampage. After Logsdon's killing spree, the local NBC affiliate interviewed his neighbors, who were just certain they had witnessed sinister "Satanic" rituals in Logsdon's back yard.
The second story is a lot less tragic, but even more appalling because law enforcement apparently fell hook, line, and sinker for a malicious posting of a "Wiccan Festival" to be held in Virginia that supposedly would include "bondage rituals," orgies, and animal sacrifice. The charade only ended when the befuddled "hosts" of the festival were quizzed by police and FBI and knew nothing about any supposed event taking place. Worse, the police say they are posting patrols just in case any local Wiccans didn't get the message the bloodbath festival was a hoax.
Comments
Hmmmm….chanting, eh? I guess someone better confiscate all the Rosary Beads out there before someone goes berserk.
On the second story, satanic=Wiccan, *sigh*. If I lived there I would protest the waste of my tax dollars having deputies on hand for something that isn’t going to happen.
I have to wonder about a part of the country where law enforcement anticipates a big, raucous turnout for animal sacrifices and group sex, anyway. Sounds like they have a bigger problem than a few Wiccans in the area.