Re: The John and Doug Gun Debate Thread.

On Tue, 20 Dec 2005 07:10:09 -0600, "Dennis \(Icarus\)"
<nojunkmail@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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>"JOF" <jofrancis@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> On Sat, 17 Dec 2005 13:27:43 -0500, "Douglas W. \"Popeye\" Frederick"
>> <Popeye@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> >
>> >"JOF" <jofrancis@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> >news:35k8q1dbgt9ul5rbgk6pgod3gu6gg0f2ro@xxxxxxxxxx
>> >> On Sat, 17 Dec 2005 12:31:02 -0500, "Douglas W. \"Popeye\" Frederick"
>> >> <Popeye@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> >> Salem?
>> >> >
>> >> > Incidents involving whole villages?
>> >> >
>> >> > Besides, this was England then.
>> >>
>> >> So of course all the perps returned to England after the coup d'etat?
>> >
>> > Try and keep up, John, at least with Januz if not with me.
>> >
>> > I'd say it's a pretty safe bet that the coup was after their time.
>>
>> 75 years? Some of them could have been around, or their families. So
>> did they return or are their descendants still living thereabouts?
>
>The salem Witch trials were in 1692.
>
>The US was founded in 1776. That'd be 84 years. Or were you thinking of
>another coup or another trial?
>In any event, while possible that someone could've been around, the
>probability is fairly low. And if they had any significant role, they've
>been near 100 or so. I think that wou;dve bene documented.

Math's never been my strong suit.

>And are you suggesting that the families be punished for what their
>ancestors may've done? :-)

I'd not thought of it that way until I read the blame being put on
modern day Poles for some stuff that happened before most were born.
Hell I wasn't even born when most of that stuff happened in Poland and
Germany and apparently I'm the senior citizen here.

JF

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