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Every person out there who identifies them self as a pagan has a different view on what we, as a community, should be doing to educate the public at large and to fight for our rights. At one end of the spectrum you have the Asatruar who'd like to take up their axes, fortify their walls, and tell the Religious Right "Nuts." At the other end you've got the White-light Fluffy-bunny Wiccans/Pagans who believe very sincerely that if we are calm and loving then we can educate our enemies and make them love and accept us. And of course, as with everything else in the Pagan universe you have every shade of grey in between.
Though not a follower of the Norse gods I am a cantankerous and non-pacifistic individual. While I believe that education is necessary, I am not an educator. While I believe that most people are fair and open-minded, I know that there are those who are not. I'll leave our communities' teachers to teaching while I take up my sword and spear, and stand between them and those who would deny us our rights, deprive us of our freedoms or harm those we love. That is the duty of the Warrior.
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