Good Neighbours

[happiestsadist]

Pretty much everyone knows about witch trials. The European ones, Salem, etc. They even make movies for kids with the subject as a central plot point. (ParaNorman was pretty good.) It's emphasized over and over the distant, frightened past of it, the terrified, ignorant townspeople. But that's so long ago. I mean, people believed in fairies too,

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The Burning Times are never really over. But we can hope.

[capybyra]

Saying it as I've done is to keep that hope.

Re: The Burning Times are never really over. But we can hope.

[ginasketch]

They weren't called the "burning times." That's a term the neopagans have come up with.

Re: The Burning Times are never really over. But we can hope.

[happiestsadist]

This.

Duly noted in several other places :} The phrase was used to spread a sentiment of inclusion.

[capybyra]

We're guest's here. And it's so uncouth to air our personal triggers unless it's entertaining to the hostess That's said to apologize if I've unwittingly stepped on a semantic bomb I'd not known was an issue. But?

I'm 50something years old. I'd heard the term as I used it- spoken of by family friends when I was in grade school. We'd been taught it and a whole shedload of related concepts to raise awareness of how many other paths folks live on. And so, I'd give a mutual "no harm intended, no foul in any direction" ending. Comments?

[cooperwench]

This is a fantastic write-up, and we need to keep in mind stuff like this still happens. Why you don't have a newspaper column, I'll never know, you've got the talent....

[happiestsadist]

Aww, thank you! I think it might have to do my with extremely sporadic writing, and the lack of newspapers willing to accept a column centred on "things I think about in the bathroom".

[onesteptwo]

I get the feeling that more newspapers than you think would be okay with that title. :P

[happiestsadist]

To be fair, writing a sporadic column about the things I think about while I'm either doing gross stuff or bathing would be a pretty sweet gig.

[momus]

Happy birthday!

Because why the hell not!?