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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: The Philosopher who wrote (62035)	10/9/2002 11:20:41 PM
From: average joe	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

If a witch actually existed and had magical powers, and if she indeed used those powers to cause harm to another person, she should be civilly liable, but I'm not sure what criminal statute she could be charged under. Look at it this way. Someone says they have cast a spell. The victim is terrified by the spell and drives over a cliff winding up dead. Can the witch be charged with murder?

To: The Philosopher who wrote (62035)	10/10/2002 1:26:06 AM
From: epicure	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 82486

I told my son about this little debate on SI, which led to a discussion of burning people, hanging them, branding them, etc for various crimes. And then, at some point, my son said "But if there WERE witches they would have used their powers to avoid getting burned up..." and there is the big DUH that many people seem to have been able to avoid in the past. I wonder why. I am sure reasons were fabricated. Reasons always are. The questions really is, why do people believe these reasons?