WTF?!?!?

Anti-Emo Riots Break Out Across Mexico

Yes, that is the headline on WIRED. From the article:

"Riot police have taken to the streets of several cities in Mexico to ... defend emo kids?

A series of attacks on dyed-hair, eye-makeup-wearing emo kids began in early March when several hundred people went on an emo-beating rampage in Querétaro, a town of 1.5 million about 160 miles north of Mexico City.

The next week, shaggy-haired emo teenagers were harassed again by punks and rockabillys in the capital, prompting police protection and a segment on the TV news. Most recently, a Mexican newspaper reported that metal heads and gangsters have warned Tijuana's emo kids to stay away from the town's fair next month."

From the Wired article here: http://blog.wired.com/underwire/2008/03/anti-emo-riots.html

My (Neo)Paganism, graphed!

My Pagan Practice

Tradition	1.3	Eclectic
Ecstatic	0.2	Solemn
Magical	1.3	Spiritual

Pagan Faith Practices Survey created by Otherworld Apothecary
Full Results: http://www.otherworld-apothecary.com/quiz/results.php?score=_1.3_0.2_1.3

Musical Strangeness...

I had to call Rogers to make sure my pager works in Toronto...I get put on hold after the initial triage menu...and the song is familiar...strangely...it...it's "This is Not America", by David Bowie...but it's weird....it's a Jazz Funk Instrumental version of the song, with, I think, a french horn playing lead! Very, very weird.

Indian "witch" tied to tree, beaten.

"NEW DELHI, India (CNN) -- An Indian woman accused of being a witch was tied to a tree and beaten by a mob, with television footage of the incident aired in India on Friday. 

Nishant Tiwari, a police official in northeastern India, said a journalist who filmed the beating called him Thursday to report the incident, which took place in the village of Dumaria in central eastern Bihar state.

He arrived to find the woman tied to a tree, her hair partially cut and her complexion ruddy from being being slapped. She had no serious injuries.

"I was appalled at what I saw because people should be more socially responsible than to do this," Tiwari said.

Authorities arrested six people, including the man who admitted to hiring her services as a witch. They were due to appear before a magistrate on Friday.

Ram Ayodhya, who could face up to seven years in prison for his role in the attack, told police he was justified in beating the woman, Tiwari said.

Ayodhya said he paid her to use magic and prayer to improve his wife's health.
When his wife's condition deteriorated, Ayodhya accused her of performing black magic, Tiwari said, and a crowd soon gathered and tied her to the tree."

You can read the whole article here: http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/03/28/india.beating/

Writer's Block: Sharing is Caring

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A cold!

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