+352 Salem witch trials? More like mental illness in early america, amirite?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Um, more like a combination of greed and superstition.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

^ also, ignorance and fear

by Anonymous 13 years ago

AHHHHH! You're a witch! Who's up for a witch hunt?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

More like extreme panic and skepticality...and superstition. "The Crucible" is a really good metaphor to read on the salem witch trials and the communism freak out in the US.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I learned in school it was caused by moldy bread

by Anonymous 13 years ago

My teacher didn't say definitively whether or not it was mold, but mentioned that some rye bread mold is hallucinogenic. Still, it's a shame that religion had that much influence in society at the time.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

they kept the rye grain in large silos when they spoiled the ergot fungus grew and then they made rue bread from that. There is a chemical is ergot that is synthesized the making LSD. So basically everyone was tripping balls on acid claiming that other people were witches, cause they saw them do shit

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Or because they were crazy and paranoid XD

by Anonymous 13 years ago

hahahaha this made me laugh because I'm reading this book right now for english. We also started watching the movie and man are all those young girls ever weird :/

by Anonymous 13 years ago

If you're watching the same movie as I think you are. I wanted to kill all those girls -_- and it's like the longest movie ever.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

the crucible?^

by Anonymous 13 years ago