tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7973426313552574845.post7738386981536337073..comments2023-08-19T08:28:05.513-07:00Comments on MUSE FODDER: I'm a witch, burn me!jessehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17691419332751944215noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7973426313552574845.post-42616362769501233602010-01-19T10:21:42.249-08:002010-01-19T10:21:42.249-08:00Bizarre how the meanings of words can shift so muc...Bizarre how the meanings of words can shift so much over time. Sometimes they lose all meaning together--I mean, really, what is a "witch" nowadays? Any liberal environmentalist?Conda Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12972790965426924941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7973426313552574845.post-66809282157615197772010-01-19T02:42:47.696-08:002010-01-19T02:42:47.696-08:00Of course you know how they dealt with witches in ...Of course you know how they dealt with witches in the middle ages,to test out whether they were genuine. <br /><br />They suspended the witch in a chair over a stream and dropped her in. <br /><br />If she drowned she was innocent, pity that she was now dead but her death proved her innocence. <br /><br />If she survived she was guilty and as a witch was burned at the stake. <br /><br />Not much choice there. No wonder you're silent in your philosophy classes.Elisabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04015624747225433940noreply@blogger.com