[safisoft]

Hysterical reactions like this are useful in showing the reader who is interested in history and who -- in myth-making.

Minimizing the suffering, the "mild torture", etc. at the hands of the Catholic Church reveals who is interested in history, and who, like the mullahs, is only interested in defending the indefensible.

[annalex]

I think I explained what the Holy Inquisition was with sufficient clarity and objectivity on this thread, without minimizing or maximizing anything.