What is the single most important lesson to be learned from the Salem witchcraft trials?

Question

What is the single most important lesson to be learned from the Salem witchcraft trials?

Answer 1

If we let evil people get control, then even the most innocent will suffer, because the evil doers will torment, harass and punish harmless innocents to deflect the public focus away from their own acts -- and make the public too terrified to protest, because they know that if they do, they will be accused, put on trial, and found 'guilty' themselves.

I think there's a good lesson there.

Lenky

Answer 2

there are many reasons why the Salem witch trials are so important today

i will give u all of them starting with the most important to me why
it so important and u can choose

1)the best to me what was learned from the Salem witch trials was that we needed a separation of church and state the whole trail was a religious based trial they focused on the out sides in their church to weed them out u might say and this is what our founding fathers were trying to avoid when they used the term separation of church and state

2) that every one deserves a fair trial these poor souls were conddemnd even before the trial started like i said the people were out cast mainly SO they must be witch's

oh and by the way nobody was burned at the trials they were earthier hung or pressed to death or died in prison

Answer 3

Extremism, extremism, extremism.

Extremism went too far and ran amok. Extremism is no more valid if doing it "In the name of God" or doing it against a minority population who can't easily fight back--in this case women.

A poster above hit it on the head: Stupidity is contagious. Ignorance travels in packs. (Because they're weenies to begin with and can't survive otherwise, I might add.)



The Salem trials just makes the extremists old school misogynists and oppressive to boot and dead wrong.

Why do I feel that I'm answering a take-home test or giving the answer to a theme for a paper that has been assigned? If so, I want more points!!!!!

Answer 4

I think the most important lesson is to not jump to conclusions, but instead to seek the truth about someone or a situation before making a decision.

Answer 5

the basic answer is that you should never make edibles out grains that are infested with Ergot. Ergot is an Hallcinatory agent, and the general opinion now, after studying all sorts of witch trials in Europe, was that the grainsthat they were eating had Ergot in them. It just makes you look like you are demons in you.

Answer 6

Trials should be fair:
evidence should be reliable, witnesses should be cross-examined, defendants should have legal assistance and be allowed to testify on their own behalf, and judges should be unbiased.

Answer 7

Never jump on a band wagon; someone may be taking you for a dangerously silly ride.

Answer 8

Stupidity is contagious. Ignorance travels in packs.

Answer 9

That when good becomes evil and evil good, we have serious issues. Those burned were not witches (as so many believe) but were Christian men and women who were active in their church (all but one).

Answer 10

That witchcraft doesn't work against bonfires. And it won't keep you from drowning.