[7thson]

No, he wrote it to say that just as those in the 1600's were wrong about the witches, they are wrong in the 1950's about the communists. He said the threat from witches was non-existant, comparing it to the "supposed" threat of communists in the 1950's. There was no threat from witches in MA or elsewhere. There is no threat from communists here or elsewhere. But in the 1950's all you had to do was read the paper and pay attention to the news. Eastern Europe, China, Korea - it was all there. Steyn is saying the analogy did not compute.

Just because he did not explain it fully to your satisfaction or the way you would have, does not mean that others failed to get the meaning. I am still waiting for your national column.

[blanknoone]

It is the 'or elsewhere' that you keep adding that I object to. The Crucible was not at all about the dominoes falling elsewhere. It was a defense of the communist inflitration of our government. It was not about whether communists existed 'elsewhere' it was whether they existed in our government. And to that extent, the Eastern block becoming communist is irrelevent.