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Re: [AUXLANG] We do but jest, poison in jest,

From:Cathy Whitlock <cprincessw@...>
Date:Friday, July 28, 2000, 3:32
In a message dated 7/27/2000 11:10:50 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
draqonfayir@JUNO.COM writes:

<< That makes sense, although it probably also has to do with the centuries
 of persecution that Christians started against the Jews once they had
 replaced Roman Polytheism as the major state religion there.  In
 comparison, you can still find Jews named _Shabtai_ (or _Shapsi_, a
 Yiddishized version) after the time of the false messiah Shabbetai Tzevi
 - he and his followers never gained any power to misuse.


 -Stephen (Steg)
  "survival is insufficient." >>

thanks for expressing perfectly what I was trying to say!

~Cathy~