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Originally Posted by Jives
Whoa. You mean that Christians actually burned each other? No wonder there are still hard feelings. of course I shouldn't be surprised....We did it ourselves at Salem. (Of course those were "witches". 
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it's a common misconception "witches" were burned at Salem. they weren't, they were drowned.

or hung. to prove you were not a witch you were put underwater in a pond. if you drowned, you were innocent! if you survived being weighted down in the pond you were clearly a witch.
