> How about this? People, usually women, were burned at
> the stake for being "witches". These so-called
> witches were often wise women or healers - they had a
> power or an insight that many people didn't have (thus
> prophets), but because they didn't fit into the usual
> norm, or because someone else was jealous of them,
> they would be cast into the role of "witch" or heretic
> and burned. So maybe if you're "polite" and you act
> the way others expect you to act, you won't be burned
> (literally or figuratively.) Somehow I don't think
> I'm expressing this very well, so hope you understand
> what I mean.
I think you expressed it better than I did in my 'corkscrew English.'
I wish I'd read your post before I sent my last one.
Mark in Seattle
