Raven, at this point, isn't amused, and apparently decides to get offensive right back in an indiscriminate fashion, against any Wiccan crossing her path, and not just the ones who irritated her. One will look in vain for an innocent party among the early principal parties in this conflict. However, on Raven's behalf, it should be pointed out that she posts a warning that offensive commentary is to follow. People see the warning, and decide to read ahead anyway. Raven is right. Ignore a warning like that, and what is your basis for complaint if you continue reading, and are bothered by what you see? As the late Mike Royko once wrote in response to a letter complaining about the crudeness the writer heard on the Steve Dahl show, back in the 1980s, "If you stick your head into the sewer, do you complain about the smell?". And a sewer is exactly the image many of Raven's subsequent posts bring to mind. Just because one doesn't have cause for anger, that doesn't mean that there is no reason for distaste.
- Raven ignorantly endorses an old stereotype
- Marjorie Rosen tells Raven to get a life
- Shemah joins in - what a surprise
- Meredith Anne Bailin sees the humor in Raven's gaffe
- HOPE4196 notices that Blackbane's commentary was sick
- Darklove jumps in. The surprises keep coming
- The only response to go over the line - plug pulling threatened
- Raven Blackbane gives the group the finger - literally
- Woody expresses exasperation over Blackbane's lack of content
- Return to Initial Hostilities Page ...
- ... or go on to the next absurdity
(In case the Dejanews links are down, there is a backup copy of this material, minus the body of Raven's post, which is simply a text graphic of a nude figure, holding up two outsized hands with raised middle fingers).