Nick speaks for himself: > We are, by immigration, probably a nation of former thieves, > cutpurses, embezzlers, for whom the choice was the docks or the stocks.
You, sir, I believe, are from a sub-nation of former religious fanatics. I am partly that, but mostly from the (large!) sub-nation of former German-dialect-speaking peasants for whom the choice was starvation, with an admixture of the sub-nation of former draft-dodgers for whom the choice was death in some interminable intra-tribal war promoted by German-dialect- speaking aristocrats and largely suffered and fought by German-dialect-speaking peasants. And so forth and so on. Are you sure you haven't confused the U-S-of-God-fearin'-A with Australia? ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com
