as a "witch hunt"?
Just curious.
2006-06-26 09:47:04 · 7 answers · asked by Heyjay 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
It goes back to the Salem witch trials in the late 1600's. People were charged, convicted and executed on the flimsiness of evidence or no evidence at all. Sometimes all that was need was for someone to accused them.
2006-07-09 16:46:22 · answer #1 · answered by gearjammer63670 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What the last guy said.
It means that people are just looking for someone to blame and anyone will do. They used to burn people and call them witches just to keep the rest of the village happy that they were rooting out the evil and killing it. Sad.
Unfortunately that is what happened in America during the cold war. Senator Joseph McCarthy led a witch hunt to find communists. They werent really a threat, but the US people still rallied behind the Senator because they were so afraid of the communists.
Governments and churches often rely on creating fear among people to make people think they need the "strong leadership". Like George W Bush, whipping everyone into a frenzy and then acting like he is their saviour.
2006-07-10 09:43:10 · answer #2 · answered by Jeremy D 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They don't believe in the witch hood, but they still think it exists.When things go wrong they probably want to blame it on something/someone, and since not much is known about the witch hood(besides people that are part of it). People think the witch hood is bad so blame they on them so they think they know an answer to why things are going wrong.
2006-07-08 17:53:52 · answer #3 · answered by Dani 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Witch hunts happened, even if most of us we don't currently acknowlege witches. Go look up the history of Salem, Mass.
2006-07-10 15:51:10 · answer #4 · answered by Funchy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Craft is still here and always will be.The first tenet of witchcraft beleif is "Do what you will and it harm no-one".What a pity others dont feel the same way.Witch hunts were evil,
2006-07-10 16:04:31 · answer #5 · answered by witchfromoz2003 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a figure of speech. I've also heard of things happening "when pigs fly". And Madalyn Murray O'Hair once blurted out "My God!" on TV when someone gave her bad news (a relative's death I believe).
2006-06-26 16:51:26 · answer #6 · answered by byhisgrace70295 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because they are afraid of thing that they do not understand. That is clear and simple.
2006-07-10 13:27:59 · answer #7 · answered by wolf 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋