Monday, April 05, 2004

This might win the best headline of the day: Angry Druids Hunt Down Vandals.

A vast anti-druid conspiracy painted the ancient Rollright Stones a bright yellow, and the pagans who use and value this site are quite upset.

The Pagan Federation is to offer £1,000 to help police find the vandals.

Karin Attwood, spokeswoman for the federation, said that the pagan community was doing everything in its powers to find those responsible.

Mrs Attwood, who is also a member of the trust overseeing the ancient site, told BBC News Online: "I know that the whole of the pagan community is reeling from this one.

"It's comparable to someone doing something like this to Canterbury Cathedral or the Wailing Wall.


Yes, just like Canterbury Cathedral or a synagogue, that's what I was thinking.

"If the power of magic and the power of prayer works the people who have done this should start to feel very uncomfortable," [a pagan leader] said.

I guess Zeus or Thor or whomever will help and hunt these dastardly demons down. Call David Copperfield, he's a great magician.

In fact, the more I look at the headline it looks like it came from a mythical ancient newspaper. Frontpage of the Imperial Roman News, in large print, Angry Druids hunt down Vandals! Below the fold, Christians lose again at Forum; Winless in Ten Matches.

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