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Old 12-07-2006, 12:41 PM
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Originally Posted by GenuineRisk
Funny, Timm, except I'm thinking you need to actually read up on the Salem witch trials and check out the gender of all of the victims. They weren't all women.

For the record, they weren't burned, either. Nineteen were hanged and one was pressed to death with rocks. And a few more died in prison while awaiting trial.

Yes, I'm a nerd. We know.

Now, if they'd hung them all for starting a wasteful big dig project...
He wasn't saying that all of the victims were women, but that the CAUSE of the witch trials was a bunch of old biddies.

Thanks for the info, though... I had no idea about the one that was pressed to death with rocks.
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