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Weird ritual of the burning goat (Christmas goat)
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| 12/4/05
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Posted on 12/04/2005 9:06:06 AM PST by minus_273
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well with the holiday tree stuff happening, at least some traditions are still alive :-p
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posted on
12/04/2005 9:06:07 AM PST
by
minus_273
To: minus_273
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posted on
12/04/2005 9:07:26 AM PST
by
al baby
(Father of the beeber)
To: minus_273
It's the SCLU (Sweden's ACLU), I tell you.
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posted on
12/04/2005 9:07:53 AM PST
by
Izzy Dunne
(Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
To: minus_273
Sven Clintoon was quoted as saying.."Ah remember as a child all the Goat burnings..."
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posted on
12/04/2005 9:14:54 AM PST
by
leadhead
(It’s a duty and a responsibility to defeat them. But it's also a pleasure)
To: minus_273
Reminds me of the Burning Man ritual at the Left Coast.
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posted on
12/04/2005 9:16:27 AM PST
by
RoadTest
(A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver. - Proverbs 25:11)
To: minus_273
the goats have just not been accepted nor tolerated by Swedish society. It's not racial, it's not religious, it's non-acceptance and for that, all goats must burn.
To: minus_273
Perhaps if they built a large wooden badger . . .
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posted on
12/04/2005 9:21:39 AM PST
by
freedomlover
(This Fall a Woman will be the Mother of a Mouse)
To: minus_273
Many Cristian holidays and rituals were melded from Pagan rituals for celebration.
Look at the easter bunny and easter eggs for one example.
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posted on
12/04/2005 9:22:37 AM PST
by
Tinman73
(Human nature requires We forget the terrible things We see. A truly intelligent person remembers it)
To: Tinman73
"Look at the easter bunny and easter eggs for one example."
You're not going to tell me the Easter Bunny doesn't lay those eggs, are you?
I refuse to listen.
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posted on
12/04/2005 9:25:52 AM PST
by
Pessimist
To: Pessimist
The Easter Bunny did lay those eggs;he took them from the chickens,put them in a basket ,and then lay the eggs under bushes.Guess he doesn't know about refrigerators.
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posted on
12/04/2005 9:29:01 AM PST
by
hoosierham
(Waddaya mean Freedom isn't free ?;will you take a creditcard?)
To: Pessimist
Only chocolate one's, but I wouldn't eat them or yellow snow :)
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posted on
12/04/2005 9:29:12 AM PST
by
Tinman73
(Human nature requires We forget the terrible things We see. A truly intelligent person remembers it)
To: minus_273
That wasn't Father Christmas, it was Thor, and he was blind drunk and hungry and thought the goat was one of his, either Tanngniost (Tooth Gnasher) or Tanngrisnir (Tooth Grinder). He just wanted a goat bbq. 8^)
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posted on
12/04/2005 9:29:48 AM PST
by
Surtur
(Free Trade is NOT Fair Trade unless both economies are equivalent.)
To: freedomlover
"Perhaps if they built a large wooden badger . . ."
they don't need no stinking badgers!!
/apologies
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posted on
12/04/2005 9:35:19 AM PST
by
Blzbba
(For a man who does not know to which port he is sailing, no wind is favorable - Seneca)
To: Surtur
According to the article, one year "Thor" was a 51-year old American. He was caught and sent to prison for 18 days.
To: minus_273
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posted on
12/04/2005 9:40:37 AM PST
by
ErnBatavia
(403-3)
To: minus_273
Ever hear of a scape goat? The town passes all its evil demons and sins to the goat then kills it. In Iceland, (if I recall correctly,) they put cats in a sack and beat them.
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posted on
12/04/2005 10:46:50 AM PST
by
marsh2
To: Pessimist
You're not going to tell me the Easter Bunny doesn't lay those eggs, are you? Nah! The Easter Bunny, and in fact all bunnies, do not lay eggs, they lay smart pills that you feed to your younger siblings.
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posted on
12/04/2005 10:49:54 AM PST
by
Harmless Teddy Bear
(When the First Amendment was written dueling was common and legal. Think about it.)
To: minus_273
The movie "The Wicker Man" comes to mind...
To: minus_273
One thing you have to say about the British, even sometimes the one's who all too often have a nasty left disposition to them, is that they have a very subtle and slow-boiling but wicked sense of humor:
1966: The first goat is burned down - beginning the tradition
1970: It is set on fire six hours after being erected
1971: Tired of arson, the project is abandoned. Schoolchildren build a miniature. It is smashed to pieces.
1976: A car crashes into the goat
1979: The goat is burned down before it is finished
1987: The goat is treated with fire-proofing - but still goes up in smoke.
To: CheyennePress
All laughing aside, I do feel a bit sorry for those affected. I think I'd rather like a giant goat in my town for Christmas. Or some sort of whimsical tradition like that.
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