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<blockquote> <p>Also, not too long ago, there were Witch hunts in the USA which were equally barbaric<<</p> </blockquote>
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<p>Not too long ago? The one and only incident of killing "witches" in what is now the US happened in 1692 in Salem, MA. The witch hunts were much more a feature of medieval Europe than of modern US. Not that Americans are incapable of barbarity, it's just that witch hunts aren't a very good example of it.</p>