-=> Quoting RON TAYLOR to JAMES ROOT <=-
 JR> I really don't see any distinction or comparison between witch hunts and
 JR> UFO sightings.
 RT> Me either, but I didn't bring it up.  It was used as an argument in
 RT> favor of accepting circumstantial evidence.... I think.
   Jack Sargent asked X (read "Paul's too lazy to dig into his records and 
find out who X was" :) ) why five people would be laughed at if they reported 
a UFO with only circumstantial evidence, but taken seriously if they reported 
- again
with only circumstantial evidence - that X had killed a friend on a fishing 
holiday.
   X asked for examples of people having been convicted and punished on 
circumstantial evidence alone.
   I cited the Salem Witch Trials, and made a TIC comment that some people 
might not like the suggestion that there was some similarity between witch 
hunts and UFO sightings.
Paul
... Call a witch doctor; my witch is sick.  
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