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Pagan Easter Tradition Whips Up Controversy in the Czech Republic
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL ONLINE ^ | April 1, 2002 | ERIK PORTANGER and DOUGLAS LYTLE

Posted on 04/02/2002 6:22:06 AM PST by g'nad

Edited on 04/22/2004 11:46:24 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

PRAGUE -- For Petr Lebeda, Easter just isn't the same if he doesn't get to whip a few women.

The day after Easter, Mr. Lebeda and hordes of other men and boys across the Czech Republic will be chasing female relatives and friends with willow sticks. After a few thwacks across the legs, their victims may be doused in cheap perfume or dragged under a cold shower. Not even grandmothers are immune.


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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: ritualwhippings
Can you imagine what would happen if we tried this in the U.S.? Fur would be FLYIN"!...
1 posted on 04/02/2002 6:22:06 AM PST by g'nad
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To: g'nad

Moravian bride


Moravian girl's dress (1900) in the Smithsonian

2 posted on 04/02/2002 6:34:04 AM PST by Cultural Jihad
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To: g'nad
I just came back from Slovakia and this is true
4 posted on 04/02/2002 6:46:54 AM PST by 2banana
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To: g'nad
Good to see that PC nonsense has not yet pervaded Czech culture. The feminist morons who think having in the surname "ova" meaning of the father better rethink it because it makes sense. The reason why womenn and children have their father's names is clearly to identify the source of the seed. A woman can have multiple partners at a go and never know who the little bastard's father is, resulting in the the very appropriate and popular surname: "son-of-a-bitch", whoreson, etc. Of course, nowadays DNA testing alleviates some of the social stigma in tracing who the father is. But a bitch in heat is always a bitch with numerous dogs around her who abandon her once the gang bang is over. The main reason why the traditional family unit has been the cornerstone of civilized society which progresses.

Nowadays, men and women seem to resemble the wild animals in mating patterns and bringing up the fruits of their lust. Multiple step-parents, unmarried parents, etc. is the state of society nowadays. Only problem is that in the wild, female animals can generally fend for themselves because they are closer in resembling the male whereas in humans, the female is very different and quite dependent on the male to survive.Those who disagree should realize that technological advances are what makes it easier for a woman nowadays to do what were once exclusively jobs only a man could do.

5 posted on 04/02/2002 6:58:23 AM PST by TransOxus
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Pavla Jonssonova, a gender-studies lecturer and translator, last year wrote a newspaper column criticizing the practice as little more than sanctioned abuse of women.

Of course she wrote this. If she can't find things to be critical about,she doens't have a job."Gender Studies Lecturer" translates into "man-hating radical lesbian".

6 posted on 04/02/2002 7:01:52 AM PST by sneakypete
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