To: Boot Hill
Oh, the irony... That such would happen in the state founded by William Penn, who made history in 1670 when he was tried in England on nearly identical charges, stemming from his preaching his religious beliefs in public. Here we are 335 years later and the heirs of William Penn's legacy of liberty haven't learned a damned thing about freedom of speech, freedom of religion and the unalienable rights of man. Isn't that why Penn left the colony and went and established Rhode Island?
To: fortheDeclaration
"Isn't that why Penn left the colony and went and established Rhode Island?" The trial of William Penn occurred before he left England for America and the colony named after him.
--Boot Hill
9 posted on
02/04/2005 2:54:48 AM PST by
Boot Hill
(How do you verbalize a noun?)
To: fortheDeclaration
You were edicated in Public School wasn't you? Methinks ye
confuse Sir William Penn with Roger Willaims.
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