I took the comment about the Quakers as a jest. I do descend from Quakers & I am currently a member of a church that has undergone a lot of negative publicity & persecution for our beliefs so I am sensitive to bigoted remarks. I don't think that these qualified as bigoted. I believe the writer was trying to show some ironic humor such as when someone is called subtle when they are loud & brash, or tiny when they weigh 300 lbs. I took it to mean that those who persecuted the Quakers did so because they didn't know the beauty of the religion & were stupid. I took it to mean that the Quakers were minding their own business worshipping as they did & were misunderstood & maligned, persecuted & feared because others were threatened with their peaceful ways. I really thought it was a compliment to the Quakers. Leslie