'Keep at it Stern, you are doing God's work'...
No one else could utter such wicked words with such conviction while watching the torture of an innocent woman as Vincent Price.
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Yes - a great, great line BUT, as you say, it was Vincent Price's delivery that made it special.
shareIf both men genuinely thought she was a witch, you cannot condemn themfor being evil. Misguided perhaps, by today's liberal standards, but not objectively evil. They thought they were removing evil, and they brought peace of mind to many who wanted that evil removed.
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Misguided perhaps, by today's liberal standards, but not objectively evil. They thought they were removing evil, and they brought peace of mind to many who wanted that evil removed.
Religion, like so many times in history and even now in this day and age, was just being used as an excuse for evil men to carry out their heinous acts and to avoid being condemned for it. Religion is the perfect thing to hide behind. You should be grateful for today's "liberal standards" regarding these sort of things. Without it, there would still be evil men who would murder and pillage in the name of God. You wouldn't be so quick to want to defend, if ever so slightly, these acts if you or a loved one were at the receiving end of them. No, suddenly you would cry out in horror and rage over your rights being trampled and wrongful accusations leading to death. The fool who turns a blind eye to such things would be the first one crying for justice if they were in the position of being the victim of such evil men.
[quot]If both men genuinely thought she was a witch, you cannot condemn themfor being evil.[/quote]
Nothing suggests that these men genuinely believed those people were witches.
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Nothing suggests that these men genuinely believed those people were witchesI agree, even though I'm replying to a post that's more than two years old. One thing to consider is that atrocities such as those committed by Stearne and Hopkins flourish in times of civil war. The priest wasn't accused of witchcraft because someone thought he was a witch but because of politics. That was made pretty clear to me during his early discussion with Richard. Have an enemy? Accuse them of witchcraft. When order was restored to England, the witch trials began to decline.
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Thanks for the response, Michael. I am still astonished that someone would defend the actions of men like these!
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I don't think either of them thought that Sarah was a genuine witch - Hopkins was a woman-hating sadist and Stearne was a thug who enjoyed inflicting violence on people not strong enough to fight back.
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