The Police Pagan Association

[Wolstan Dixie]

A news report in today's Times on the apparently Satanic killing of sheep in the New Forrest, says that the 'Police Pagan Association, a specialist occult investigation squad' has been called in. Whoever knew such a 'squad' existed? Sounds worryingly like the paedophilia and social worker 'experts'.

 

[ramonmercado]

A news report in today's Times on the apparently Satanic killing of sheep in the New Forrest, says that the 'Police Pagan Association, a specialist occult investigation squad' has been called in. Whoever knew such a 'squad' existed? Sounds worryingly like the paedophilia and social worker 'experts'.

It's ok. It's police officers who are Pagan. They will be in a position to counter any Christians who equate Pagans with Satanists.

http://www.policepaganassociation.org/

 

[escargot]

It's ok. It's police officers who are Pagan. They will be in a position to counter any Christians who equate Pagans with Satanists.

http://www.policepaganassociation.org/

We used to know a very nice Pagan policeman. Lovely chap.

 

[Wolstan Dixie]

Interestingly their blog uses the word 'Heathen'. Are Pagans and Heathens the same thing or different?

 

[Mythopoeika]

We used to know a very nice Pagan policeman. Lovely chap.

Here he is:

 

[XBergMann]

Here he is:

He had a nice aeroplane.

Do you think they sold it on eBay after his mishap with the wicker?

 

[Ogdred Weary]

Interestingly their blog uses the word 'Heathen'. Are Pagans and Heathens the same thing or different?

Not really, though some would claim that they are. "Heathens" usually follow the Nordic goods and are not Wiccans and as often "Wiccan" and "Pagan" are often used synonymously, Heathens tend to refer to themselves as separate. Wicca has a structure and hierarchy and initiations, whereas Heathens tend to be more informal.

 

[GerdaWordyer]

Can't any old atheist or backslider be a heathen?

 

[escargot]

Here he is:

He wasn't a Pagan! Far from it, he was the only character on the island who wasn't.

 

[Frideswide]

He wasn't a Pagan! Far from it, he was the only character on the island who wasn't.

He did take a key role in a pagan ceremony...

 

[Mythopoeika]

Can't any old atheist or backslider be a heathen?

My sister called me a heathen when I announced to the family that I was an atheist.
I corrected her, of course.

 

[AlchoPwn]

Interestingly their blog uses the word 'Heathen'. Are Pagans and Heathens the same thing or different?

In a word, yes, they are the same. "Pagan" derives from "pays", the french word for country, thus a person from the country. "Heathen" means person from the heath, i.e. much the same, but perhaps more wilderness and less rural. Both however are synonymous for people from isolated rural areas who still practice the "old ways". We have a lot of synonyms that are increasingly abusive for people from rural backwaters including:

Country-folk, Ruralites, Provincial, Rustic, Bucolic, Yokels, Good ol' boys, Hicks, Rednecks, Slack Jaws, Hayseed, Bushpig, Whiskey Tango, Bamma, Clodhopper, Bumpkin, Rube, Cornfed, Churl, Chawbacon, Boor, Backwoodsman, Peasant, Peon, Villain, Oaf, Culchie, Cornball, Hillbilly, Appleknocker, Yahoo, Hee-haw, Sharecropper, Poodoo, Clem, Hickster, Gray Dillers, Planters, Serfs.

Feel free to add any I have missed. Also feel free to punt this over to "Farmers" if you can be bothered.

 

[Monstrosa]

Yakker.

 

[His Extremely DeLux Self]

Country-folk, Ruralites, Provincial, Rustic, Bucolic, Yokels, Good ol' boys, Hicks, Rednecks, Slack Jaws, Hayseed, Bushpig, Whiskey Tango, Bamma, Clodhopper, Bumpkin, Rube, Cornfed, Churl, Chawbacon, Boor, Backwoodsman, Peasant, Peon, Villain, Oaf, Culchie, Cornball, Hillbilly, Appleknocker, Yahoo, Hee-haw, Sharecropper, Poodoo, Clem, Hickster, Gray Dillers, Planters, Serfs.

Feel free to add any I have missed.

Goat roper

Cedar chopper

Stump jumper

Shitkicker

Hilljack

Country Jake

 

[ScarlettR]

Teuchtar