Comments on: To Capitalize…or not to capitalize? http://deafpagancrossroads.com/2007/01/30/to-capitalizeor-not-to-capitalize/ Thu, 24 May 2012 21:57:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: ocean1025 http://deafpagancrossroads.com/2007/01/30/to-capitalizeor-not-to-capitalize/#comment-591 Tue, 03 Apr 2007 15:11:41 +0000 http://deafpagan.com/2007/01/30/to-capitalizeor-not-to-capitalize/#comment-591 “Im just going to read the Big D/little d article, but I’d guess it’s something to do with identity.”

Yup, that pretty much sums it up. For the most part, it all boils down to identity politics.

]]> By: Yvonne http://deafpagancrossroads.com/2007/01/30/to-capitalizeor-not-to-capitalize/#comment-588 Tue, 03 Apr 2007 14:48:26 +0000 http://deafpagan.com/2007/01/30/to-capitalizeor-not-to-capitalize/#comment-588 Personally I use big P for contemporary Pagans (who self-identify as Pagan) and small p for ancient pagans (who were labelled pagan by the Christians, and had no need to label themselves until people came along and wanted to make a distinction between different religions.

I’m just going to read the big D / little d article, but I’d guess it’s something to do with identity.

]]> By: ocean1025 http://deafpagancrossroads.com/2007/01/30/to-capitalizeor-not-to-capitalize/#comment-130 Sat, 03 Feb 2007 02:23:22 +0000 http://deafpagan.com/2007/01/30/to-capitalizeor-not-to-capitalize/#comment-130 Wow.

There’s something about that statement of whitishrabbit’s that just…

really hits me.

The power of the shift key indeed.

]]> By: whitishrabbit http://deafpagancrossroads.com/2007/01/30/to-capitalizeor-not-to-capitalize/#comment-129 Fri, 02 Feb 2007 04:01:37 +0000 http://deafpagan.com/2007/01/30/to-capitalizeor-not-to-capitalize/#comment-129 Wow. Who knew the shift key was that powerful.

]]> By: ocean1025 http://deafpagancrossroads.com/2007/01/30/to-capitalizeor-not-to-capitalize/#comment-123 Tue, 30 Jan 2007 23:02:49 +0000 http://deafpagan.com/2007/01/30/to-capitalizeor-not-to-capitalize/#comment-123 That’s certainly one way to look at it, Birch…and to a certain extent, I do agree with you.

However, I do wish to clarify to the readers of this blog – I DO NOT necessarily agree with the definitions of paganism/Paganism as stated in this fact sheet.

This doesn’t mean I think they are wrong. Some of the things they say I do agree with. But other statements they make I don’t agree with.

That’s okay. They are stating their view, and I respect that. I just happen to have different viewpoints.

It’s all good. It’s all Paganism. It’s all part of the Path.

My main purpose for posting these definitions was to utilize them as a demonstration of that whole struggle of capitalization which seems to be an issue not only in the D/deaf community, but the P/pagan community as well.

]]> By: birch http://deafpagancrossroads.com/2007/01/30/to-capitalizeor-not-to-capitalize/#comment-122 Tue, 30 Jan 2007 22:25:42 +0000 http://deafpagan.com/2007/01/30/to-capitalizeor-not-to-capitalize/#comment-122 all righty then, not until i joined WS who bounces back and fourth as to weather they are wiccan or pagan did i realize there was a difference. so paganism reserves the right of the individule to incorporate different parts of other religions to form a new religion suited to individual needs. whereas wicca or wiccan religions insist on tradition and a set way of doing things also tend to be a bit more rigid in their teachings ok i get it thats why the bouncing back and fourth paganism is flexable

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