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[Lan Barnes]

On Sun, Dec 12, 2004 at 03:14:15PM -0800, James E. Henderson wrote:

> The Romans were never so much morally strong as they were puritanical, 
> giving lip service to good behavior while engaging in a variety of 
> deviant behaviors, always punishing the weak or innocent in favor of the 
> strong. As with so many of our modern Muslims, rape or infidelity was 
> always the woman's fault rather than the man's. That was not really 
> meant to pick on Muslims. I could have selected many similar 
> contemporary groups, such as the Soviets, but a lot of us are presently 
> familiar with the situation prevailing in Muslim lands.
> 

<g> "puritanical"? The Romans _so much_ remind me of us.

> One possible reason for the recent rise in popularity of Wicca is that 
> it promotes gender equality. With that in mind, I'll leave you with 
> their typical salutation:
> 

If I felt the need of religion, I might explore it.

> 
> Blessed be,
> James
> 

I will

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