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This Day in History--Salem Witchcraft Trials
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Mar 1, 2013 7:18am
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It's a bit unclear when it says
1 stoned to death

. Actually the accused was pressed to death when a board was put on him and rocks were added to try to get him to confess. When he refused more rocks were added. Judges kept adding and he kept refusing so.....
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Reply to: #761613 by System
Mar 1, 2013 7:50am
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there's a series about this in Harold Parker State Forest - a good one too.

~tigs(superstitions cause damage)
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Reply to: #761604 by Wronghat
Mar 1, 2013 8:39am
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Yep. The Salem Witch Trials is a part of history that really fascinates me.

koala, currently majoring in history.
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Reply to: #761632 by koalacat
Mar 1, 2013 9:06am
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Yeah -- and it's not as though something similar couldn't happen today. We tell ourselves that it couldn't, but really we're nearly as bound up in superstitious nonsense today as they were then.
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Reply to: #761637 by Kirbert
Mar 1, 2013 9:11am
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we're nearly as bound up in superstitious nonsense today as they were then.

Yep...but we have more destructive capabilities now...where were those weapons of mass destruction in Iraq????
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Reply to: #761637 by Kirbert
Mar 1, 2013 9:17am
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The illness and initial symptoms have been attributed to ergot poisoning from grain (LSD roots):

Ergot Poisoning -- Witch Trials

Which doesn't mean that drugs can't lead to something else.

Can anyone say Charles Manson & family?

KuKu
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Reply to: #761637 by Kirbert
Mar 1, 2013 9:41am
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Very true. Another part of history that fascinates me is the great plague, or black plague, around 1347-1350. Some of the deaths at that time were due to superstition and fear, not just due to a horrible malady.
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Reply to: #761632 by koalacat
Mar 1, 2013 9:50am
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The Salem Witch Trials were an extreme example of how far bullying can take you.
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Reply to: #761604 by Wronghat
Mar 2, 2013 7:05pm
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It's a bit unclear when it says
1 stoned to death

. Actually the accused was pressed to death when a board was put on him and rocks were added to try to get him to confess. When he refused more rocks were added. Judges kept adding and he kept refusing so.....

The Puritans had 'pressing', we've got 'waterboarding'. The more things change....

The Pakrat
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Reply to: #761647 by koalacat
Mar 3, 2013 8:11am
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the black plague was caused by rats and not washing for months EEEEWWWWW
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Reply to: #761999 by SuperDognFamily
Mar 3, 2013 8:18am
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not washing for months

With open sewers, what's the point in washing?

[._.]