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10/24/2009
12:52:33 pm EDT
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Salem, Mass., Witch Hunt Of 1692 Resulted In Deaths Of Many Innocents
Author: Liz Soares, Morning Sentinel Source: Kennebec Journal
Title: SALEM, MASS., WITCH HUNT OF 1692 RESULTED IN DEATHS OF MANY INNOCENTS
When a colleague told me that one of his wife's goals in life was to spend Halloween week in Salem, Mass., I felt it only fair to warn him.
I was brewing up an anti-Salem column in my cauldron.
Salem is a historic seaport and the hometown of Nathaniel Hawthorne. The impressive Peabody Essex Museum is located there.
It's the other Salem I'm horrified by -- the one that sports cartoon-like witches on its police cars. The Salem that is home to the "Festival of the Dead," which features such events as the "Witchcraft Expo" and the "Retro Zombie Ball."
I shiver at the thought of the Salem that boasts of its statue honoring the 1960s TV show, "Bewitched."
Salem is Witch City, all right. But that's nothing to crow about.
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| Coincidence, Of Course | Oct 25th. at 10:58:51 am EDT
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Ananta Androscoggin (Greene, Maine) - Email Me
And of courses, it was just coincidence that some of the accused owned real estate which suddenly became the property of their accusers.
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| Wet Blankets | Oct 24th. at 1:51:30 pm EDT
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R. Cicero (Seattle, Washington) - Email Me
At its core, the Trials were about misogyny and misanthropy. Basically, the innate cruelty of our fellow humans. It happened then, and before, and last week, and most likely throughout much of the near future.
BUT, I love Salem and the way a tragedy has been recast into a neverending celebration of witchiness. The commercial factor doesn't bother me at all, either--bring it ALL on.
Now we, and everyone else we love, and every other hedonistic fun-loving person can play at it, or dabble, or go in as deep as humanly possible. As for our critics and the enemy, *** them.
Happy Halloween! And blessed Samhain to you and yours.
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