 invictus says: Being beheaded by sword in a public place... For being a "witch" or practising "witchcraft"... Welcome back to the Middle Ages: "Burn the witch!" or "Behead the witch!", by the name of God. Correct me if I'm wrong, Saudi Arabia is a close ally of the US, who enthusiastically invaded Iraq to bring "human rights and democracy" to Arabs, right? she made him impotentuh huh....  "It's hard out there for a witch." Surely these people are of the belief, like many in America, that there are such things as witches. We also know where the idea came from. But our secular laws have developed from a common sense away from the religious laws of scripture. Their laws have not. They actually have a theocracy. And should they speak out against the superstitious bases of those laws, they too will be prosecuted -- for heresy or the like. They can never, therefore, progress. We scoff at them for being backwards, but we often say nothing about theocracy in our own government. We aren't that far away from the Dark Ages ourselves. To give up the concept of witches, is to give up the concept of devils, is to give... Among her accusers was a man who alleged she made him impotent"Learn this now and learn it well, my daughter: Like a compass needle that points north, a man's accusing finger always finds a woman. Always." - The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini pop for aces' comment pop for bignosemousie' comment. I had already popped this, but wish I could pop it again for the comments. i agree gwendolyn! POP for all the comments! Oh boy. I just realized I attributed that quote wrong. It is from A Thousand Splendid Suns, by Khaled Hosseini. My apologies to Mr. Hosseini. Don't badmouth the middle ages--they were after heretics, not witches. The witch hunts were Renaissance or later  |
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