Satanists or Goths?

[MissDon]

Are there really Satanists in this country or is it just a bunch of Goths taking it a bit too far?

[incitatus]

How do you tell? There are people who claim to be Satanists, though the number is dwindling along with church attendance. There was even a Church Of Satan set up in Britain (not sure if its still going), but most of these people are really loooking for an excuse to indulge in kinky group sex and dance around bonfires in the nude.
This latter division includes your overwrought goths. The phenomenon is just a combination of a) people desperate to rebel against being born in Surbiton and b) very boring folk trying to look windswept and interesting in the face of the evidence.

[SMILL48]

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