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

To: epicure who wrote (64354)	10/27/2002 12:46:29 PM
From: The Philosopher	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

It does look interesting. But personally, I'm less interested in the historical why of the trials than in the underlying psychological interplay between the participants. I'm fascinated by the psychology of all events of mass hysteria, from Salem to the Inquisition to the Tulib Bulb panic to the Wenatchee abuse trials and lots, lots more. There's even some instructive content to be gleaned from this thread as to the interplay of the members of the hate crowd and the way in which they resemble the protagonists in the Inquisition, Salem, etc.