Just over a week ago, D’ave and I were in Salem, Massachusetts. We went to the witch trials wax museum. I remember discussing the mob hysteria with him and asking how intelligent people could be so irrational. I guess that’s what life in 1692 was like.

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Seems life in 2006 is pretty similar:

From IOL: A woman accused of witchcraft died in the Mount Ayliff hospital on Monday after being stoned by an angry mob from a local community, Eastern Cape police said…

… Last year an elderly couple was killed by an mob of local residents who accused them of being involved in witchcraft.

The Umlazi couple, Robert Myeni, 86, and Nomathamsanqu Qola, 85, were stabbed, wrapped in plastic, doused with petrol and then burned.

My, but we’ve come a long way…!

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