On Sat, 24 Nov 2007 10:13:17 -0800, sf wrote:

>On Sat, 24 Nov 2007 16:57:47 GMT, blake murphy >
>wrote:
>
>>or maybe it's some kind of residual puritan idea that folks are being
>>punished by god, who seems to go in for that sort of thing.
>
>We don't have to blame the Puritans. We have plenty of modern day
>bible thumpers who think that way.

yeah, they got lots of residue.

your pal,
blake