The things that could have been applied. If you ponder the Guise family and the Huguenots and just what was the Reform about perhaps George Bernard Shaw had similar thoughts when he said... " When you prevent me from doing anything I want to do it is persecution; but when I prevent you from doing anything you want, that is law, order and morals." Kind Regards, Peter Leroy

Peter - GBS was, in my opinion, one of the few people who could equal, on occasions, my dear friend Rev. Sydney Smith in both pithiness and wisdom. Thanks to a list member I have now further details of Sydney's (Huguenot) mother's details. Yours Aye Andrew Sellon East Anglia Every law which originated in ignorance and malice, and gratifies the passions from which it sprang, we call the wisdom of our ancestors. Rev. Sydney Smith 1771-1854, Canon of St. Paul's. From: <[email protected]> <snip> > perhaps George Bernard > Shaw had similar thoughts when he said... > > " When you prevent me from doing anything I want to do > it is persecution; but when I prevent you from doing > anything you want, that is law, order and morals." >