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alizard@tweekco.uucp (A.Lizard) writes:

>nancyp@techbook.com (Nancy Parsons) writes:

>> 
>> It's interesting to see which side of the axe gets ground in this
>> thread, depending on which newsgroup you read.  The fundies are
>> doing the end-of-the-world thing, the alt.pagan party line is that
>> there is no such thing, and the discussion on a.s.a.r. centers on
>> how important it is not to dismiss the stories of the "so called 
>> victoms" (sic) out of hand.  
>> 
>> Sometimes I wonder if it would be possible to stop the axe-grinding,
>> and get into a little truth-finding?
>> 
>> Okay - I've finished ranting now.

>I think you misinterpret the viewpoint around here, I'd say that
>in the absence of ANY proof that "Satanic ritual abuse" exists,
>that the burden of proof that there is such a thing is on the people
>that want to discuss it. Do you have any, Nancy? 
>                                     A.Lizard

Let me try to communicate better, having obviously botched it the
first time - I did not suggest that there is, or is not, any such
thing as satanic ritual abuse.  What I was commenting on is what
automatic reaction is engendered in various groups by the suggestion
that such a thing exists.   

Had I made the same posting in the other newsgroups I mentioned, 
I would have been upbraided just as thoroughly for disagreeing
with that particular group's views.  (Actually, that might have
made an interesting experiment.) 

I was involved with the Department of Corrections in Oregon when
the satanism road show made the rounds a few years ago, and had 
a hell of a time settling down a whole office full of probation
officers who thought the minions of the devil were about to 
descend on Portland.  So, just for the record, I know how this
jerks the chains of all the Christians who don't know us well.
And I know that reacting to it with other than thoughtful, deliberate
consideration makes us look to them like we have something to hide.


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