I've started to notice something about North American Pagans/Witches. We're living in a vaccuum of our own creation. We are so proud of the Freedom we have to worship in our own way, that we don't see our Spiritual Brothers, Sisters, Cousins, still suffering. Nor do we seem to care.

Since 2008, Human Rights Groups have been posting articles and videos online showing the torturing, burnings, and murdering of Pagans/Witches in countries such as Kenya, Africa, and Papua, New Guinea. In Africa, the Human Rights Groups have been setting up armed camps for Witches to run to....things have gotten that bad there. These killings are recent. This year, 2013, some of them have happened. And most of us in North America don't know. I find this frustrating. If you're reading this, you obviously have the internet. How is it most of us don't know?

Are we so content with our own Freedoms that we can't see the suffering of others? Does it only count if our own lives are inconveinenced in some way? Does it only matter if a Christian dares to try to discuss their own beliefs with us personally? Or are we afraid of our own claims of Empathy? Are we too afraid to 'feel'? Or should we feel the shame of our own ignorance? Or am I just being misguided in my own dislike of "slavery" issues? You decide. 

But at least please have the courtesy of checking out the links below before deciding.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/18/african-children-denounce_n_324943.html

http://www.theglobalmail.org/feature/its-2013-and-theyre-burning-witches/558/

http://www.thecontroversialfiles.net/2013/04/witches-burned-alive-in-kenya-africa.html