Comments for Chrysalis http://chrysalis1witchesjourney.wordpress.com One Unitarian Universalist, Hellenicly Polytheistic, Witch's Journey Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:42:40 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Heathen Community Rallies Behind Their Soldiers by Siegfried Goodfellow http://chrysalis1witchesjourney.wordpress.com/2009/05/12/heathen-community-rallies-behind-their-soldiers/#comment-872 Siegfried Goodfellow Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:42:40 +0000 http://chrysalis1witchesjourney.wordpress.com/?p=1228#comment-872 I have to wonder whether support for soldiers (soldiers, not warriors ; there is a difference) includes support for their questioning of where they are sent to fight, and whether they agree with the fight. Does support for soldiers include support for their decentralized independence, as would have been the case in days of old? Grassroots, county-up militias more approach the older idea of warriors, whilst soldiers bespeak more of Rome and its Imperium. There is no doubt that soldiers have a high sense of honor, discipline, work-ethic, and courage, and put themselves in service. Yet our support for these high values cannot remain uncritical, or we join the "support our troops" bandwagon that leaves no room for critique of wars being engaged in, which we always have a right, especially as heirs of a warrior tradition, to levy. Of course, the first critique of war often comes from the soldiers themselves, if they are allowed to speak. They do not want to be reviled for their service, but they are often willing to share inequities, injusticies, and what they would have done differently if they were not enthralled to a hierarchical command-structure and had greater unit-independence like the old comitati. So I would like to see more nuance and complexity in our support here, lest we turn arch-heathen support of completely-different style warriordom into uncritical rubberstamping of empire. We can support them, and critique the institutions that bind them, and the politics behind them, all at the same time. This is no contradiction. I have to wonder whether support for soldiers (soldiers, not warriors ; there is a difference) includes support for their questioning of where they are sent to fight, and whether they agree with the fight. Does support for soldiers include support for their decentralized independence, as would have been the case in days of old? Grassroots, county-up militias more approach the older idea of warriors, whilst soldiers bespeak more of Rome and its Imperium. There is no doubt that soldiers have a high sense of honor, discipline, work-ethic, and courage, and put themselves in service. Yet our support for these high values cannot remain uncritical, or we join the “support our troops” bandwagon that leaves no room for critique of wars being engaged in, which we always have a right, especially as heirs of a warrior tradition, to levy. Of course, the first critique of war often comes from the soldiers themselves, if they are allowed to speak. They do not want to be reviled for their service, but they are often willing to share inequities, injusticies, and what they would have done differently if they were not enthralled to a hierarchical command-structure and had greater unit-independence like the old comitati. So I would like to see more nuance and complexity in our support here, lest we turn arch-heathen support of completely-different style warriordom into uncritical rubberstamping of empire. We can support them, and critique the institutions that bind them, and the politics behind them, all at the same time. This is no contradiction.

]]> Comment on Pagan Economic Empowerment: Buying (and Selling) Pagan!! by Gaming Girl http://chrysalis1witchesjourney.wordpress.com/2009/11/17/pagan-economic-empowerment-buying-and-selling-pagan/#comment-870 Gaming Girl Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:10:21 +0000 http://chrysalis1witchesjourney.wordpress.com/?p=1902#comment-870 I've always taken it to mean "kitsch" or "junk". Like say the stuff you'd find at an amusement park or roadside tourist trap. I’ve always taken it to mean “kitsch” or “junk”. Like say the stuff you’d find at an amusement park or roadside tourist trap.

]]> Comment on Pagan Economic Empowerment: Buying (and Selling) Pagan!! by Gaming Girl http://chrysalis1witchesjourney.wordpress.com/2009/11/17/pagan-economic-empowerment-buying-and-selling-pagan/#comment-869 Gaming Girl Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:08:57 +0000 http://chrysalis1witchesjourney.wordpress.com/?p=1902#comment-869 Thanks! We're an internet-based bakery. We ship nation-wide and deliver to the DC Metro area: http://www.irongatebakery.com Thanks!

We’re an internet-based bakery. We ship nation-wide and deliver to the DC Metro area:

http://www.irongatebakery.com

]]> Comment on Pagan Economic Empowerment: Buying (and Selling) Pagan!! by Pax http://chrysalis1witchesjourney.wordpress.com/2009/11/17/pagan-economic-empowerment-buying-and-selling-pagan/#comment-867 Pax Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:38:45 +0000 http://chrysalis1witchesjourney.wordpress.com/?p=1902#comment-867 Hey sure thing! I like your blog very much btw... always nice to run into another devotee of Hecate and Dionysus! Hey sure thing! I like your blog very much btw… always nice to run into another devotee of Hecate and Dionysus!

]]> Comment on Pagan Economic Empowerment: Buying (and Selling) Pagan!! by Pax http://chrysalis1witchesjourney.wordpress.com/2009/11/17/pagan-economic-empowerment-buying-and-selling-pagan/#comment-866 Pax Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:33:24 +0000 http://chrysalis1witchesjourney.wordpress.com/?p=1902#comment-866 British word query "Tat"? British word query “Tat”?

]]> Comment on Pagan Economic Empowerment: Buying (and Selling) Pagan!! by Yvonne http://chrysalis1witchesjourney.wordpress.com/2009/11/17/pagan-economic-empowerment-buying-and-selling-pagan/#comment-865 Yvonne Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:21:35 +0000 http://chrysalis1witchesjourney.wordpress.com/?p=1902#comment-865 Hmmmm... there are an awful lot of purveyors of Pagan tat out there, though. Something about this whole concept makes me uncomfortable - can't put my finger on it, will have to get back to you. Hmmmm… there are an awful lot of purveyors of Pagan tat out there, though.

Something about this whole concept makes me uncomfortable – can’t put my finger on it, will have to get back to you.

]]> Comment on Pagan Economic Empowerment: Buying (and Selling) Pagan!! by bluedruid http://chrysalis1witchesjourney.wordpress.com/2009/11/17/pagan-economic-empowerment-buying-and-selling-pagan/#comment-864 bluedruid Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:41:24 +0000 http://chrysalis1witchesjourney.wordpress.com/?p=1902#comment-864 As a previous owner of a pagan run business myself let me say bravo to your post. From my own experience advertising in pagan venues does help quite a bit. Thanks for bringing this informative topic to light! As a previous owner of a pagan run business myself let me say bravo to your post. From my own experience advertising in pagan venues does help quite a bit. Thanks for bringing this informative topic to light!

]]> Comment on Pagan Economic Empowerment: Buying (and Selling) Pagan!! by Pax http://chrysalis1witchesjourney.wordpress.com/2009/11/17/pagan-economic-empowerment-buying-and-selling-pagan/#comment-863 Pax Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:13:30 +0000 http://chrysalis1witchesjourney.wordpress.com/?p=1902#comment-863 Well I think ther is also a LOT of confusion about how to judge quality, and not just in the area of perfumes and soaps... time was that people had some notion how things were made or what constituted quality in a product, now-a-days not so much! Well I think ther is also a LOT of confusion about how to judge quality, and not just in the area of perfumes and soaps… time was that people had some notion how things were made or what constituted quality in a product, now-a-days not so much!

]]> Comment on Pagan Economic Empowerment: Buying (and Selling) Pagan!! by Pax http://chrysalis1witchesjourney.wordpress.com/2009/11/17/pagan-economic-empowerment-buying-and-selling-pagan/#comment-862 Pax Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:06:17 +0000 http://chrysalis1witchesjourney.wordpress.com/?p=1902#comment-862 The folks at Vuya! Pagan! who are also behind the PBN do a great job! The folks at Vuya! Pagan! who are also behind the PBN do a great job!

]]> Comment on Pagan Economic Empowerment: Buying (and Selling) Pagan!! by Pax http://chrysalis1witchesjourney.wordpress.com/2009/11/17/pagan-economic-empowerment-buying-and-selling-pagan/#comment-861 Pax Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:04:53 +0000 http://chrysalis1witchesjourney.wordpress.com/?p=1902#comment-861 I don't know about DC proper, but if you click on the PLSC sunburst button on the right over there you can probably find some useful links there since the <a href="http://www.paganleadership.org/" rel="nofollow"> National Pagan Leadership Skills Conference</a> happens in Richmond, VA. and the <a href="http://www.openhearth.org/" rel="nofollow"> Open Hearth Project</a> is a Pagan Community Center initiative for the D.C. region! Good luck, so what do you sell or make or service do you provide? I don’t know about DC proper, but if you click on the PLSC sunburst button on the right over there you can probably find some useful links there since the National Pagan Leadership Skills Conference happens in Richmond, VA. and the
Open Hearth Project is a Pagan Community Center initiative for the D.C. region! Good luck, so what do you sell or make or service do you provide?

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