RE: The Spanish Inquisition?
July 26, 2011 at 2:11 am
(This post was last modified: July 26, 2011 at 2:13 am by Oldandeasilyconfused.)
Originally, the inquisition was about was about getting rid of heretics, especially the Cathars. Unlike the great unwashed,the Church denied the existence of witches of popular imagination for centuries.(just like say vampires and werewolves)
The inquisition evolved into an especially long version of the witch hunt, still found in many societies. (also called scape goating*) It's also about institutional and personal power and wealth; victim's assets were seized and one's opponents were silenced or judicially murdered.
Let's not forget those most infamous of witch hunts,the Salem witch craft trials and the power-mad nuttery of Senator Joe McCarthy and his "House Of unamerican activities"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salem_witch_trials
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_McCarthy
*current example;the UK hacking scandal has elements of witch hunting..
**Stalin and Mao loved witchhunts,and had heaps of them them.
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It's worth noting that "The Office Of The Holy Inquisition" still exists under the name of "The Office For The Protection Of The Faith".Its last head was the current bum warming the chair of St Peter.
The inquisition evolved into an especially long version of the witch hunt, still found in many societies. (also called scape goating*) It's also about institutional and personal power and wealth; victim's assets were seized and one's opponents were silenced or judicially murdered.
Let's not forget those most infamous of witch hunts,the Salem witch craft trials and the power-mad nuttery of Senator Joe McCarthy and his "House Of unamerican activities"
Quote:The Salem witch trials were a series of hearings before county court trials to prosecute people accused of witchcraft in the counties of Essex, Suffolk, and Middlesex in colonial Massachusetts, between February 1692 and May 1693. Despite being generally known as the Salem witch trials, the preliminary hearings in 1692 were conducted in a variety of towns across the province: Salem Village (now Danvers), Ipswich, Andover and Salem Town.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salem_witch_trials
Quote:Joseph Raymond "Joe" McCarthy (November 14, 1908 – May 2, 1957) was an American politician who served as a Republican U.S. Senator from the state of Wisconsin from 1947 until his death in 1957. Beginning in 1950, McCarthy became the most visible public face of a period in which Cold War tensions fueled fears of widespread Communist subversion.[1] He was noted for making claims that there were large numbers of Communists and Soviet spies and sympathizers inside the United States federal government and elsewhere. Ultimately, McCarthy's tactics and his inability to substantiate his claims led him to be censured by the United States Senate.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_McCarthy
*current example;the UK hacking scandal has elements of witch hunting..
**Stalin and Mao loved witchhunts,and had heaps of them them.
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It's worth noting that "The Office Of The Holy Inquisition" still exists under the name of "The Office For The Protection Of The Faith".Its last head was the current bum warming the chair of St Peter.
