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To: JKeats
Too many innocent people died in witch hunts...Women: It’s time to decide for yourself whether you will float or sink.

Erm, if I remember correctly, the only way to prove your innocence was to sink and then drown. You might want to re-think that metaphor...

12 posted on 04/05/2011 7:58:20 PM PDT by LongElegantLegs (Use it up, wear it out, make it over or do without.)
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To: LongElegantLegs
Erm, if I remember correctly, the only way to prove your innocence was to sink and then drown.

You don't remember correctly. The ones that sank were pulled out alive.

The trouble is that most people float. Even those of us who aren't witches....

28 posted on 04/05/2011 8:57:40 PM PDT by thulldud (Is it "alter or abolish" time yet?)
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