To: Antoninus
“Puritanical insanity” was a poor choice of words. You are perpetuating the moral equivalence lie that the mainstream media and the left have been pushing ever since 9/11. The Puritans were heroic and we owe them an enormous debt. Unfortunately, all most people know is a vicious caricature foisted on us by the Victorians.
32 posted on
02/15/2011 11:33:44 AM PST by
achilles2000
("I'll agree to save the whales as long as we can deport the liberals")
To: achilles2000
You are perpetuating the moral equivalence lie that the mainstream media and the left have been pushing ever since 9/11.
No, as a Catholic, I chose my words very precisely.
The Puritans were heroic and we owe them an enormous debt.
Some no doubt were. But you will admit that there was a sub-set of them who were every bit as willing to persecute breaches of scrupulosity as modern Muslims.
59 posted on
02/15/2011 12:53:55 PM PST by
Antoninus
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