[hellbender]

In sixteenth-century Paris, a popular form of entertainment was cat-burning... "[T]he spectators, including kings and queens

France had recently murdered or expelled its Protestants (Huguenots), which is a major reason why their society became, and remains, such a corrupt and unstable one.

[Sherman Logan]

You may be right, but I’ve never seen any evidence that 16th century Protestants were particularly kinder or gentler than their Catholic brethren.