One of the typical features of the Puritans of the sixteenth century was that everyone was dressed in repressed black and white clothing, and anyone inclined to dance, for whatever reason; would be tried and probably burnt at the stake for "consorting with the Devil". For at least three hundred years, we have hopefully progressed beyond the archaic and antiquated belief of associating dance with evil or as having anything to do with the influence of "the Devil". At least to me, this idea is completely absurd and ludicrous. How these ridiculous religion-inspired fallacies persist is beyond all comprehension. (to be cont'd)
[The original version of this essay first appeared in Eastern Connecticut State University's Campus Lantern student newspaper in the early '90s and as part of my unpublished manuscript "In Mediocrity We Trust... In Debt We Die" And Other Essays.]
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