God almighty what has this forum come to...
What satire? Msg#9 is solid historical presentation -- the Puritans went to Holland, were unhappy there because they had to live with non-Puritan neighbors (and, though the post doesn't mention this point, because their children were exposed to the Dutch culture and non-Puritan religious viewpoints), so they left to establish a community from which "heretics" could be excluded completely.