To All: Some are very removed from what happened 310 years ago, and somehow I would like to believe that most of us descendants are not too sensitive about this...my feelings are that we all need to step back a bit, and realize that it is not us, personally, but our ancestors, very many times removed, of whom we speak. And that these comments, even though they were without any sensitivity, are not aimed at us, personally. It is a very exciting chapter of one's life, in today's times, to be a descendant of either a victim or an accuser, or even a judge or member of the jury. Many look at that as a 'thing' rather than an honor. For some, it's just too far removed to be relevant (the suffering of our ancestors vs.the accusers.) Life moves on, and we truly haven't even the slightest clue as to what our relateds felt or of the despicable horror they experienced, we can only barely begin to imagine. But I have met some who don't even bother to think about that...just that they are related to a 'witch' killed in 1692, and what a 'great thing' that is, to them. So perhaps simple tolerance is the requirement, here. Were they to go to Salem and stand at the lip of the gully where the bodies of these unfortunate victims were thrown after their death by hanging, perhaps those people might just be able to feel more of a sense of what really did occur, those hundreds of years ago...I found the experience very overwhelming, very sad, very enlightening, in that sensing. As if their spirits were still right there....very present, very moving.That is what I took with me, walking away from Gallows Hill June 9th, 2002. Take care...Beth Bridget Bishop, Sarah Wildes Bishop