Re: [OT] top posting
On Wednesday 16 January 2008, Paul Johnson wrote:
> On Jan 16, 2008 8:08 AM, Dotan Cohen <dotancohen@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 16/01/2008, Paul Johnson <baloo@ursine.ca> wrote:
> > > > > If ducks float, they must be made of wood (or small rocks),
> > > > > so if the witch weighs the same as a duck, then she must be
> > > > > made of wood and therefore, she'll float, so she's a witch.
> > > >
> > > > The sad thing is that I know people who's minds work like
> > > > that...
> > >
> > > Given that you're in the country that invented the witch-hunt,
> > > that's not much surprise.
> >
> > Care to elaborate?
>
> Some early American history here...
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salem_witch_trials
Still, it's NOT the country that originated the witch hunt.
Not by far. They were going on for centuries before that country
existed (and you can say that about almost any modern country).
Hal
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