Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-213 days agoTIL witches were hanged in the U.S. and England., but burned in Scotland.www.mentalfloss.comexternal-linkmessage-square60linkfedilinkarrow-up1194arrow-down13cross-posted to: neat@lemmy.world
arrow-up1191arrow-down1external-linkTIL witches were hanged in the U.S. and England., but burned in Scotland.www.mentalfloss.comQuilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-213 days agomessage-square60linkfedilinkcross-posted to: neat@lemmy.world
minus-squarefruitycoder@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 days agoIt is kind of funny, in a macabre way, of the inquisition being like “no, no, no that’s not how you torture people and burn them at all” or “witches don’t be ridiculous that’s a red hearing to hide the heritics!”
minus-squareSocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 days agoWhen you are in control you don’t want a mob running loose.
It is kind of funny, in a macabre way, of the inquisition being like “no, no, no that’s not how you torture people and burn them at all” or “witches don’t be ridiculous that’s a red hearing to hide the heritics!”
When you are in control you don’t want a mob running loose.