Good thing he didn't pull a coin out from behind someone's ear. He may have been accused of counterfeiting!
On the other hand, if he is a wizard, then he can sue the state for discrimination. Wicca and other pagan religions are protected against discrimination. Oh, and men aren't called "wizards", they're just Wiccans. ;-)
written by Sixten 199 days ago
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This is so incredible it just has to be true, but I still wonder. How can someone that stupid live? They must have a tape recorder or such to remind them to breath.
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EvilEmpryss, nothing in the story indicates that he's a Wiccan or that this has anything whatsoever to do with any religion. He did a MAGIC TRICK.
Besides, assuming you were on topic (which you aren't) your advice would be terrible. Most places, it's just as verboten for Wiccans to bring religion into the classroom as it is for anyone else. Your advice would replace a "dismissal by idiocy" with "dismissed for cause".
written by EvilEmpryss 199 days ago
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Leighdf, relax. It was hyperbole. Like the comment on counterfeiting, the discrimination comment was meant to illustrate how crazy the whole thing *could* get. It was also politically correct sarcasm to correct them for calling him a wizard, as no one, outside of those who play roleplaying games, uses that term anymore. More correctly he would be a magician.
But the sheer fact that someone *in the school system* could confuse a magic trick with "real" magic (aka wizardry, which no one can prove exists in the first place) tells me that a) the whole chain of people who supported the dismissal haven't made it out of the Dark Ages, b) I am lucky my children don't attend school in Florida, and c) they are gullible as all get out and I can make a lot of money selling them potato chips with images of Mary and Jesus!
Oh, and as a Wiccan, I can assure you that the only time I've ever heard someone complain about religion in the workplace or classroom (prayer time, Bibles on teachers' desks, taking religious holidays off, and religious propaganda on the walls) was when it WASN'T Christian-oriented. Complain about any of it and you usually get responses like "Oh, it's nothing", "If you don't like it, don't look at it", "No one else complains", and "Why are you complaining? Do you have a problem accepting Christ as your Savior?" Those were the comments I got in liberal California. I've learned to keep quiet unless someone starts outright prosyletizing and won't take "no thank you" for an answer. Especially in Bible-belt North Carolina!
If you think I'm wrong, try taking Halloween off work as a religious holiday and see what reaction you get.
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I say we hold him underwater and if he drowns, he's innocent!
This is so incredible it just has to be true, but I still wonder. How can someone that stupid live? They must have a tape recorder or such to remind them to breath.
Leighdf, relax. It was hyperbole. Like the comment on counterfeiting, the discrimination comment was meant to illustrate how crazy the whole thing *could* get. It was also politically correct sarcasm to correct them for calling him a wizard, as no one, outside of those who play roleplaying games, uses that term anymore. More correctly he would be a magician.
But the sheer fact that someone *in the school system* could confuse a magic trick with "real" magic (aka wizardry, which no one can prove exists in the first place) tells me that a) the whole chain of people who supported the dismissal haven't made it out of the Dark Ages, b) I am lucky my children don't attend school in Florida, and c) they are gullible as all get out and I can make a lot of money selling them potato chips with images of Mary and Jesus!
Oh, and as a Wiccan, I can assure you that the only time I've ever heard someone complain about religion in the workplace or classroom (prayer time, Bibles on teachers' desks, taking religious holidays off, and religious propaganda on the walls) was when it WASN'T Christian-oriented. Complain about any of it and you usually get responses like "Oh, it's nothing", "If you don't like it, don't look at it", "No one else complains", and "Why are you complaining? Do you have a problem accepting Christ as your Savior?" Those were the comments I got in liberal California. I've learned to keep quiet unless someone starts outright prosyletizing and won't take "no thank you" for an answer. Especially in Bible-belt North Carolina!
If you think I'm wrong, try taking Halloween off work as a religious holiday and see what reaction you get.