I'm afraid I was joking, Stan -- along with Robert... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stan Spiegel" <writeforu2@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2006 1:37 AM Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: question on immigration > If Judy thinks we can agree the Puritans were right to leave, the European > Jews were right to leave as well. Europe was much harsher than the new > world. As harsh as the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries were in > America to the Jews, it still was a kinder, gentler world -- with more hope > and potential for a good life. (I'm not sure how seriously to take Robert's > comments. He seems to have turned into a comedian of sorts.) > > Stan Spiegel / Portland, ME > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Judith Evans" <judithevans001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Monday, March 27, 2006 6:59 PM > Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: question on immigration > > > > Hmmm. I think we can agree the Puritans were right to > > leave. > > > > (Goodness. That was a close one.) > > > > > > --- Robert Paul <robert.paul@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > >> Judy Evans wrote: > >> > >> > They're like the Irish-American and > >> Italian-American immigrants and so > >> > on. Why should they be different? > >> > >> The Irish should have stayed home and remonstrated > >> with the English, > >> just as the European Jews should have marched in the > >> streets to abolish > >> the ghettos. As for the Puritans. > >> > >> Robert Paul > >> The Reed Institute > >> > > > > > > Judy Evans, Cardiff > > > > > > > > ___________________________________________________________ > > NEW Yahoo! Cars - sell your car and browse thousands of new and used cars > > online! http://uk.cars.yahoo.com/ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, > > digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, > digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html > > > -- > Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.2.5/284 - Release Date: 17/03/2006 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html