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28 Jul 2024 16:19:29 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Stunned!!!!  
From: Thomas de Groot
Date: 7 Aug 2014 07:21:28
Message: <53e36138@news.povray.org>
On 7-8-2014 10:03, clipka wrote:
> Am 07.08.2014 09:28, schrieb Thomas de Groot:
>> On 6-8-2014 21:57, Stephen wrote:
>>> On 05/08/2014 08:34, Thomas de Groot wrote:
>>>> On 4-8-2014 18:55, Stephen wrote:
>>>>> We must remember that the Founding Fathers did not leave Europe
>>>>> fleeing
>>>>> religious intolerance. But to practice it.
>>>>> Then the south had a lot of Scottish protestants settling it and a
>>>>> more
>>>>> intolerant lot you would not meet in a month of Sundays.
>>>>
>>>> Ah, you confirm indeed to me what I have been musing about following
>>>> this thread.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Which part was confirmed? The bit where I got my Pilgrims confounded
>>> with my Foundling?
>>
>> The Founding Fathers /and/ the Scottish Protestants. Besides, I guess
>> that the massive arrivals of Irish and Italian Catholics in the 19th
>> century again exacerbated the intolerance - on both sides probably. The
>> result is a weird societal concoction.
>>
>>> Even the Netherlands was not liberal enough for them.
>>
>> Indeed. And maybe they felt they were in the devil's own country, who
>> knows.
>>
>> We still have our own little bible belt though.
>
> Same in Germany, too, as it seems.
>
> In plenty of regions in Germany we have a tradition called


> shooting competition with small-caliber or air rifles (but more
> importantly for disposing of lots of beer, a task in which non-members
> also help generously). The winner of those competitions is then declared


Very quaint :-) I use to watch them on TV at their yearly parade.

[...]

> Edit: Just read up the latest news on this topic: The umbrella
> organization in question, the "Bund der Historischen Deutschen

> decided in this particular case to make an exception, and allow the

>

Yes it is indeed. It could be worse. The fact that there still is polio 
in the Netherlands for instance is because of religious obscurantism in 
certain (protestant) groups refusing vaccination.

Thomas


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