{"id":702,"date":"2006-08-15T14:45:00","date_gmt":"2006-08-15T14:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=702"},"modified":"2006-08-15T14:45:00","modified_gmt":"2006-08-15T14:45:00","slug":"dragonfest-deaths-and-internet-privacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=702","title":{"rendered":"Dragonfest deaths and Internet privacy"},"content":{"rendered":"

The fact that two people died–both of natural causes–at the big Dragonfest<\/a> last weekend made one of Denver’s two major papers<\/a>. And a television station<\/a>.<\/p>\n

What I expect will really kick up some dust is that the article quotes postings from one of Colorado’s businest Pagan email lists, which has 355 members.<\/p>\n

UPDATE<\/strong>: The quotes were probably taken off the Dragonfest forum, which is publicly accessible. But I was not the only one confused about that.<\/p>\n

It’s another warning that nothing posted on the Web is really<\/em> private: blogs, lists, MySpace, LiveJournal, whatever.<\/p>\n

As for the big, daytime, “drawing down” ritual<\/a>, from what I have read on that list and elsewhere, it worked for some people and disappointed others.<\/p>\n

Tags: Paganism<\/a>, Dragonfest<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The fact that two people died–both of natural causes–at the big Dragonfest last weekend made one of Denver’s two major papers. And a television station. What I expect will really kick up some dust is that the article quotes postings from one of Colorado’s businest Pagan email lists, which has 355 members. 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