tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post3825772734996398118..comments2023-10-25T05:30:54.507-04:00Comments on Oh Get A Grip!: A Vexatious WomanAshe Barkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03390519279886657608noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-19996484717124720712012-02-27T21:57:18.393-05:002012-02-27T21:57:18.393-05:00Thanks to all for your reactions and comments. If ...Thanks to all for your reactions and comments. If any of you find yourself in Salem, I'll be happy to give you the nickel tour, or just "hang around for a spell."Bob Buckleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-785206341888499952012-02-26T19:57:04.820-05:002012-02-26T19:57:04.820-05:00Three hundred years and yet it sounds as if it cou...Three hundred years and yet it sounds as if it could have been just like yesterday. Oh, wait... it was and it's just so easy to picture that politician in the Puritan garb condemning everyone who doesn't believe as he does, to hang or burn.<br /><br />What's especially scary is that it's also so easy to imagine that same suppression, mostly of women, but I'm sure men wouldn't be exempt, all over again, when you hear these guys talk.<br /><br />An excellent essay, Robert. I love your knack for making history intersting (or maybe history *is* interesting and you just have a knack for not making it boring).<br /><br />RoseAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-64351194293594254672012-02-26T07:13:11.798-05:002012-02-26T07:13:11.798-05:00You men always get sex confused with magic...but w...You men always get sex confused with magic...but wait, it IS, isn't it?<br /><br />Wonderful post, Bob - if only the people who SHOULD be listening would.<br /><br />Thank you so much for joining us at the Grip. Come back any time!Lisabet Saraihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05162514190572269660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-56175389698020596072012-02-25T18:35:17.113-05:002012-02-25T18:35:17.113-05:00I know the politican you;re thinking of, Rick Sant...I know the politican you;re thinking of, Rick Santorum, who said he didn;t believe Obama was running the government in line with Christian values, as if he were supposed to. And that's the party that's always beating its chest about freedom.<br /><br />In my Unitarian church we have a witch, a real one, a highly active member of the congregation, who often helps with services and is much valued. I like her too. She's actually a local pagan priestess, not a common thing in the deep south, but it at least shows that tolerance, though not perfect, is much improved.<br /><br />I remember a service last year when she was leading the part of the program where a learning story is read to the childen who gather in front of the congregation. I marveled to realise a witch was teaching a gathered group of children about basic spirituality and I thought "I am looking at the realized Harry Potter!"<br /><br />GarceGarceushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11160407485298015371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-71843488863255458192012-02-25T18:17:29.617-05:002012-02-25T18:17:29.617-05:00Hi Robert,
That was a great blog and so interestin...Hi Robert,<br />That was a great blog and so interesting. Glad I didn't live in those days. Vexatious is an intriguing word. Have to remember it and use it in my next novel.<br /><br />Regards<br /><br />MargaretMargaret Tannerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07123830410502520003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-52697047871642425622012-02-25T18:01:13.503-05:002012-02-25T18:01:13.503-05:00I'd love to be a vexatious woman. The hanged p...I'd love to be a vexatious woman. The hanged part? Not so much.Kathleen Bradeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06347913255760493335noreply@blogger.com