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   From: dthierbach@usenet.arcornews.de   
      
   Steve Morrison  wrote:   
   > I don't seriously believe that the false belief came first   
   > and the action of witch-hunting followed from it; rather, the belief   
   > was adopted to justify the impulse to go after someone, to have a   
   > focus for hatred that lacked a proper object.   
      
   I agree very much. One can see this mechanism in many disguises, and   
   it's still alive and kicking; witch-hunting is just one of them. Hence   
   my comment about humanity growing up.   
      
   - Dirk   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)