1.0A Pagan's Bloghttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/apagansblogGus diZeregahttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/apagansblog/author/gdizeregaIndividuality and Coercion - A Pagan's Blogrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="NLUL2cyX2u"><a href="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/apagansblog/2011/03/individuality-and-coercion.html">Individuality and Coercion</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/apagansblog/2011/03/individuality-and-coercion.html/embed#?secret=NLUL2cyX2u" width="600" height="338" title="“Individuality and Coercion” — A Pagan's Blog" data-secret="NLUL2cyX2u" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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I had planned to post a series of essays on how we as Pagans can look at the horrors around us and see that they do not reflect badly on the sacred. However, several of my readers expressed concerns over my approval of compulsory national service as providing a kind of necessary initiation in American…