[blam]

Ping.

[Cogadh na Sith]

We think, as a society, we are smarter, more scientific, and savvy enough that this will never happen again...

But we are doing the same thing as they did, right now, with Global Warming.

[RC2]

This is what happens when you give people too much power over you. Like socialists, they will attempt to control every aspect of your life if they don’t like how you think or speak.

[MeanWestTexan]

She doesn't look like a witch.

[griffin]

bttt

[Monterrosa-24]

Maybe it was just a very bad year for witches and the were justly condemned.

[abb]

Duke Lacrosse Frame

[Popocatapetl]

Something rarely mentioned about the Spanish Inquisition and witch trials, is that they were demanded by the public before they went astray. Usually because the public have become fed up with criminals, perverts and annoying people making mischief.

Also, it is important to note that belief in witches was held by many of the common people, even those accused of witchery. And no doubt, there were some who actively tried to become witches, just as there are today. Except back then, they did so for nefarious purposes.

Today, what would the Secret Service do if somebody was selling voodoo dolls with the President’s face on them in a community that heavily believed in voodoo? While it does not reflect a direct threat on the President’s life, it is still a threat.

[woollyone]

oh...I thought this was a Hillary! documentary.

...never mind

[raccoonradio]

Today there's thousands of tourists who come to Salem every October, spending money, snarling traffic, and sometimes getting arrested for drunken or violent behavior. The Witch City..."Stop By For A Spell"

[AU72]

The parallel to this was the hysteria that swept the country 10 years ago when over-zealous investigators and social workers were ‘uncovering’ satanic day care centers by aggresively interrogating small children.

[Borges]

But the damage had been done: 19 were hanged on Gallows Hill, a 71-year-old man was pressed to death with heavy stones, several people died in jail

Not a single person was burned at the stake? So much for the 'Burn Witch Burn' legends.

[CholeraJoe]

A weak rendition of what the Vatican did a few centuries earlier. Nobody burns witches like the Vatican.

[Ghost of Philip Marlowe]

I thought 38 were accused, 20 found guilty and only 8 actually executed (most of the sentences were commuted).

I’ll have to double-check that in a pre-WWII history book I read that in, though.

[antinomian]

However, it was not until 1957—more than 250 years later—that Massachusetts formally apologized for the events of 1692.

A completely pointless and stupid gesture. But a good rehearsal for all those slavery apologies to come.

[Doc Savage]

If I may I’d like to suggest that someone throw water on Hitlery Crinton. My guess is she’ll either melt ala Oz or simply explode into flame!

[KeyLargo]

Typical of Teddy Kennedy land.

Bring back the "Fairness Doctrine" and hang all those conservative talk show hosts!"

Ted "hiccup" Kennedy

[wideawake]

Hundreds of thousands of supposed witches—mostly women—were executed.

The population of Western Europe in 1500 was maybe 50 million people.

There is no way tens of thousands of women were executed for witchcraft in early modern Europe.

The number of women actually executed for witchcraft in this period is probably 1 or 2% of what the author is claiming.

You'd think the Smithsonian at least would do a little fact checking.

[FreePaul]

I haven’t seen any mention of drowning “witches.” I thought that was a sure test and that many were drowned to prove their innocence. Of course those who survived the water test would be dealt with in some other manner.

[SunkenCiv]

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