It may just be an unescapable human trait, or it could be that we have psychologically evolved less than we actually believe, but the tendency for human beings to search for other reasons and explanations for bad incidents has alway been present. The book, "The Crucible," by Arthur Miller, focuses on the Salem Witch trials. The book was written about the same time as the "Red Scare, " and the McCarthy trials, and compares the mass …showed first 75 words of 817 total…

…showed last 75 words of 817 total…initially knew nothing about witchcraft. The journalists, analysts and church figures of the present day know nothing about being in high school in 1999, nor do they know anything about the goth lifestyle. They really don't even seem to know that much about the two boys. So what happens? Rumors are started, people are unfairly blamed, and more restrictions are placed on people. And in either era, people end up dead, and the crucible sails on.