Ted
I for one recognised the irony in your first post - but it just seemed
like an interesting issue in its own right -
not meant as a flame war -
mogg
On 22/07/2013 05:21, Ted Hand wrote:
> Is it any wonder that serious participation in this group has dropped off?
> I pointed out, in an attempt at irony, what I thought was the
> uncontroversial fact that the term "witch" has been associated with demonic
> activity, and apparently have been accused of all sorts of thought crimes.
> I don't remember advocating child torture! It's amazing what can be read
> into a term taken completely out of context. I wasn't making any of the
> judgements that (some rightly, some bizarrely) are being attacked here.
> Certainly had no intent of slinging any mud at contemporary witches--and
> can somebody please explain how the situation of contemporary witches sheds
> light on the historical use of the term? Anyway, keep up the good flames
> everybody...
>
>
> On Sun, Jul 21, 2013 at 12:37 PM, Pitch313 <[log in to unmask]>wrote:
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