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Threads:

• The Conservative Pagan Ring (alt.pagan)
• Conservative Pagan, Traditionalist and Heathen Webring (a.p., alt.religion.wicca, alt.religion.druid)
• Conservative Pagan, Heathen and Traditionalist Webring (alt.religion.wicca.moderated)
• Setting the record straight re : Conservative Pagan Ring (a.p., a.r.w.)
• Ethics, Gale, and alt.religion.wicca.moderated
• Gale Strikes Again! (ap, arw)

This starts with somebody going by the name of "CalypsoBlue" posting an announcement of the existence of the Conservative Pagan Webring. This post didn't make it into the Googlegroups archives (nee Dejanews). I'm guessing that it was removed in response to some of the abusive replies seen on these threads. I then posted an anouncement of my own, as I was the ringmaster after all, after which I encountered the unprovoked flaming you see on these threads. The tone of this was not in the least way unexpected, because it was not in the least way unusual. But, 3500 visitors did find their way to our ring that day, and so any temporary irritation was more than adequately compensated, no thanks to the regulars on these newsgroups.

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