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PCP Episode 61: Reconstruction and Poo Poo

Released Sun, 30 Mar 2008 20:00:00 -0400 GMT

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Hosts for this Episode

Amber
Ashlee
Brandon
Dave

Lead Topic

Amber’s Discussion of the Kemetic Religion and Reconstructionism thereof.

Ego Stroking

Thanks to MMPP for having us on
- Reflections of those episodes.
David Carron of Ravencast writes (regarding Episode 57):

The reality of any institution is that they work via generalities. As a result minority anythings (such as our tiny religion) gets the shaft.

That said, I have noticed a trend of PCP to poo poo all institutions and society in general. IMHO, there is no need to reject EVERYTHING. If we huddle > in the closet and spit on the world should we be surprised that folks look at us strangely?

Our best defense is good will. If we are a part of the community around us then we will not stand alone when it hits the fan.

BTW, a majority of what I do is Juvenile Law and I would be happy to help your guest with what I can. Please feel free to forward her my email.

Keep up the good work and I find your shows getting better as you keep to your topics.

Wes Thu Hal

Topics of Discussion

Follow-up– Operation: sit on your ass and do nothing - successful! Wikipedia only raised 1/3 of the funding it needs.
Should governments stop being pussies about religious extremists? Inspired by: Not News: Religious groups seek to shut down cartoon channel over “pro-gay” and “anti-religious” shows. News: Channel responds that “We live in a fully secular, not puritan state. Suck it.” Fark: Russia
The Wild Hunt Blog: Practitioners of Santeria going to court for right to perform ritual animal sacrifice (of a goat) as it is a necessary part of their tradition - article comes with footnote: “It should be noted that the ritually slaughtered goats are then normally cooked and eaten by participants in the ceremony. So in many ways, what they are doing could be considered far more ethical than eating a burger churned out by a industrial slaughterhouse.”
Slashdot: Wikileaks.org Airs Scientology Black Ops - in other news, Wikileaks.org is back. Good job everyone!
What are the dirty-minded Christian fundamentalists pissed off at this week? Straws.

Weekly Segments:

WAME POT: YouTube.
Site of the Week: The Ranting Gryphon - Contributed by Laura
For Further Listening (Podcast of the week):
- Title of Show: Eclectic Pagan Podcast
- Entertaining - “Keeps ya hooked” (/10): 8 - kept me interesting but I wasn’t particularly hooked
- Educational - “Taught me something, got me thinking” (/10): 7 - reminded me of how much I get frustrated at mainstream Paganism
- Audio Quality (/10): 8 - please… no echo on interviews!
- Notes: I find myself disagreeing a lot with what is said on this podcast. I wont say these individuals are fluffy, because they’re not. For better or worse, they accurately portray the thoughts and opinions mainstream Paganism. While their program is also supposedly Pagan, it seems very Wiccan-centric. I’d be annoyed, but at the same time our in-house eclectic Pagan borrows a lot of Wiccan traditions while not being Wiccan.
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