(Submitted by Herman Coffey. Your op-ed submissions are always welcome at news@pikecountygeorgia.com)
Rumor was enough to get you burned as a witch in Salem, Massachusetts. It was enough to get you shot in Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia. It's enough to get your head chopped off in parts of Iraq infested with madmen claiming to carry out Allah's will.




















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