Butze Trail Ritual?

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Given the recent posting turmoil regarding the ANBT and whether or not it is a racist event, I write the following with a fair bit of foreboding.

I would like to begin by stating that I truly believe that people should be able to practice whatever religious beliefs that they possess.  I do not want to be preceived as a religious imperialist.    I do however draw the line on practices that inflict pain on animals and on those beliefs that impinge on my personal freedom and enjoyment.  I pray that you dear reader will not be offended by what I now write.  Indeed it is my hope that with your assistance we might make Prince Rupert a better place.

I have lived in Prince Rupert now for about nine years.  During this time, I have often walked Butze Rapids Trail and I have often pondered the existence of artifacts that I have seen along the trail.  After several years of reflection and reading of sociological and religious research,  I believe that I now understand what has been going on.

I expect that some readers will already know what I am about to divulge.  I suspect that perhaps some of you may actual be practitioners of these strange and intimate, quite possibly erotic wilderness rituals.    Suffice to say, I believe that I have solved the riddle of a Prince Rupert religious practice.  I address the balance of my words to those practitioners

Gentle Practitioner.  Please do not be offended by what I now write…

I understand that you and your sect have been using the Butze Rapids trail as a major religious site.  I am unsure what draws you to perform your ritual on, and along side of the trail.  Perhaps it is being outside in the wilderness, the smell of the mossy green forest, the salt taste of the air, or the dank swollen earth after a rain storm.  What ever it is, I  hope you continue to practice your ritual. 

I believe that most the followers of your cult are women(this belief is based on two observations of having startled a practitioner).  I believe that by leaving your  tokens, moisten by bodily secretions, you are beseeching your God to bring back that major industry which provided employment for your  menfolk.  You have indeed a most powerful God.      I would ask however that that those of you who are practitioners, to carefully pull up a bit of moss at the side of the trail and leave your religious offerings under the moss.  I believe that your God, will still know that you have faithfully observed the ritual.   

If perchance you are beginning to believe that your God has been ignoring you and is now powerless  I would recommend a new God.  This God can be assuaged by the purchase of fertilizer.  Small amounts can be scattered on the moist earth to bring forth life. 

 

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This is a bit cryptic- at least to me. Are you willing to just say clearly what they people have been doing or leaving near the trails? Is this a “funny” way of saying that people are shitting next to the trail?

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Thats weird man…

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Looks like the Navi people from Pandora have sent a colony on Kaien Island.

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Whatever we might say about Pentagruel’s writing format, he sure knows–as in the spirit of his confrère…Gargantua (François Rabelais)–to put it in quite a poetic way…wouldn’t you say?

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There is no “poetic way” of stating pain is being inflicted on animals. Sorry !

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If you read closely…you will perceive that Pantagruel is not saying that he has witnessed ‘animal cruelty’ but that he does not agree/condone the practice as a religious ritual.  Mind you, I’m open to the idea that I could be the one that is doing the 'misreading".  However, if he (Pantagruel) is reading here…I’m sure that he could speak for himself on that issue.

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He must be a Canpotex shareholder, considering his props towards their product.

Some however may find another form of fertilizer is more closely tied into the story.  

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Agreed,  and a bit to cryptic to be given any actual concern or truth.  The writer comes off as being as strange as the people they are writing about…

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So what are you saying,  some first nation people are practicing their religion on the trail,  leaving What behind?  poop,  vaginal secretions?  spit in a bottle?

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:unamused: Well if participation in this ritual is not restricted based on race, gender etc etc.,  our politicos are not providing a permit for the use of the trail in this fashion and we are not being asked to fund it… I can’t see the issue.

If there is a question of litter or some illegal activity than this is something that should be dealt with by our bylaw officers. On the other hand if this thread is the product of a fertile imagination … thanks for sharing.  :wink:

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Indeed, when the Canpotex guy was yelling about the deliverables…

[quote=“saltybear”]
… the continued lack of tangible deliverables[/quote]

maybe he was talking about these used tampons:

“Where this is a will, there is a way.â€

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As an anthropologist, my opinion after studying the post is that he may be referring to all of the above, but I think it is most probable that the mysterious writer is referring to the fact that the women’s ritual of urination is somewhat more elaborate than men’s, owing to certain anatomical dissimilarities between the sexes.  This same difference, as I understand, necessitates the usage of some absorbent material at its conclusion, as women can’t flick the ol’ foreskin to get rid of the last few drops.

I initially thought that he was referring to condoms.  However, being that there has never been a major condom manufacturing facility in the area, I believe the mysterious writer is referring to toilet paper, definitely a product of the pulp and paper industry, formerly a major employer in the area.

Erotic?  Well I guess that depends on your…ahem…specialties and predilections.  I’m not a water-sports enthusiast myself.  Or a voyeur, for that matter.

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looks around cautiously

whispers

Beware of the trolls…

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Been seeing the same things, and they are used tampons.

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Why would people want to replace their tampons, in the middle of a trail?

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Not necessarily to “replace” but maybe to make room

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lol that or it could be that theres alot of mice ( used tampons )  that all go into the sewer end up in the ocean and anywhere you go on the beach and look for firewood to have a small fire and you run into all sorts of theese (mice)

once i caught my friends dog
running around with somthing in its mouth …well guess what it was  ?  gross

throw em in the garbage dont be a pig

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  Yuccccccccck, this is so gross ! and I thought it was bad enough that I’ve seen condoms around in the strangest of places  :stuck_out_tongue:

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Is it as gross as a “Turd_sandwich”?