IMHO Wiccans are like christians, they fear everything. Confrontation, their own god and goddess, magick, harming people, etc...
A while ago i was on the wiccan path until i realized it just doesnt fit with me, it teaches things that just make you weak, a target for attack, and when the attack comes the rede ties your hands behinds your back and paints a freaking crosshair on your skull and then gives the other guys crossbows.
i have nothing against using "dark" magick per-say, in the same way i would kill anyone who tried to do me serious harm (think about it, a guy with a knife comes at you, the rede tells you to run away, only he is faster.... WOuld a better course of action not be to disarm this mother**** and once you have the knife ram it through his skull? I'd like to see him threaten someone else with a knife through his brain

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But the key is the reason behind the attack... Let me tell a story, which is true. There is an abuse excuse for a human being who decided he/it would like to abuse my best friend... She saw sense and left him after he cheated on her. Now, i have many day dreams of torturing him to death, for instance, a solid steal chair with cuffs on, cuff his hands to the arms of the chair and then take a sledge hammer and smash his fingers and toes into meaningless sacks of smashed bone, crushed flesh and blood. Let him recover and then perhaps see how many needles i can place in his eyes in one minute, and so on... He would die, for sure, but it would take a damn long time.
However, what would that achieve? It would only serve to turn me into a creature of hate, like i once was. She is safe now so striking at him now the danger is forever gone is pointless, however, if he were to try to harm her again i would try to kill him or paralyze him, if i could... The point is the REASON for my attack, the first example, revenge, is pointless, he is no threat. The second example, protection, is a GREAT reason to destroy someone.
That is my basis for magickal attack, i would happily curse, hex, etc... to protect, perhaps if someone was attacking with magick then hexing them to drain energy, make them physically ill etc... would be a perfect idea... But again the rede says sit there and take it.
*shrugs*
I dont like wicca
