A Long Time ago...

I believe that in a long time ago, in a galaxy far away, I was Anakin Skywalker, raised on Tatooine, taken by two Jedi at the age of 9, fought rashly and recklessly at times in the Clone Wars, was taken in and fooled by Chancellor Palpatine's charm and was seduced by the dark side of the Force.  I then became Darth Vader, and helped the Empire exterminate the Jedi.  I never gave the order to destroy Alderaan - That was Governer Tarkin's fault.  I instinctively grabbed Leia to comfort her, since I sensed something about her.  I faced Luke Skywalker 3 times, the first one was at the fighter battle at Yavin, then he faced me at Bespin, then the last time, he sought me out on the second Death Star.  The Empereror was using Force lightning to fry Luke, then I threw Palpatine down a deep shaft.

Time to come out of the broomcloset

It is time for all Wiccans and Pagans to come out of the broomcloset despite the fundie persecution of our religion.  Remember that there are fundies of the CM (ceremomonial magician) variety as well as a few Christians.  Satanists hate us too.  I have been persecuted by the US government for a crime I did not commit.  I have endured rumors and hack attempts as well as people crashing my computer, forcing me to reinstall my system countless times.  Come out of the broomcloset, all you hidden children of the Goddess and God.

Time honored tradition

Boycotts is known as "voting with your dollar".  Both Caesar Chavez and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr started boycotts.  Caesar Chavez started a boycott of table grapes to protest the working conditions and low wages of migrant farm workers and Dr. King started a boycott of the Montgomery Alabama bus boycott to protest segregation of "colored" people and whites in the 1960's south.  The Jews in Nazi Germany started a boycott of German businesses to protest antisemitism in the 1930's.  This nonviolent action started "krystalnaught", where Jewish businesses were ransacked and the windows were smashed.