Wow

[skull_bearer]

I saw this article in the Metro today, and my jaw just dropped.
Now, you all know I'm not a massive fan of religion. In fact, I'm not a fan at all, but this goes beyond even what I find acceptable and goes straight into 'oh wait, hang on now'.
It might be because I've got some pagan friends, and can imagine what their reactions would be at having their religion described as that practised in The Wicker Man. I mean, I love that film, but saying that it's an accurate description of modern pagans is like saying Jude Suss is an accurate portrayl of Jews.

Seriously Metro, wtf? It was on the front page too, I'm looking forward to seeing tomorrow's opinion's page.

Comments

[bill_sheehan.livejournal.com]

Won't the inmates need at least one virgin per annum to sacrifice on the Black Altar?

Seriously, what a dreadful bit of hackery.

[cmcmck.livejournal.com]

Aye! I mean everyone knows that we Quaker women wander around in little black dresses with white lace collars :o)

It's an uncomfortable truth that Jude Suss would be remembered as a great film were it not for its position in history.......

[delkaetre-ni.livejournal.com]

Yeah, the only reason I picked up the metro today was because of the headline and the glimpsed words underneath it.

The only accuracy I can find is that they got the name of a festival mostly right. Everything else, literally every single other thing in the entire piece, was offensive bollocks. It would be like me writing a front-page article about those weird christians who keep idols of a decaying corpse and demand time off work to celebrate his death, and then deciding to just fill the rest of it up with the most random ideas I could come up with.

[(Anonymous)]

Feelings of rage rising...

When I was chair of the Pagan society at Uni, people often asked me if Paganism was like the religion in the Wicker Man. I had never seen the film, so I just used to say 'probably not', assuming that it was likely balls. Now I have seen the film, I am glad I said no!

Also, lol at the festival of the lambs milk, aka, imbolc, St. Bridget's Day aka observed in Churches around the UK. Fail.

[aegflota.livejournal.com]

They just want to burn a policeman and dance around like amiable rustic loons. Doesn't everyone?

[totenkopf6.livejournal.com]

How surreal. I sort of heard something about this but only just saw your link...sounds like someone saw a headline in another paper and decided to make a story to fit. I do hope there is plenty of vocal opposition coming soon!