[Magdalen] (SPAM: ?) Litany of British saints for use by those who want Scotland to say "No"

[James Oppenheimer]

Uh, yeah, it sure WAS +50 years ago.  Clever one!

James W. Oppenheimer
*“If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things better
for people coming behind you, and you don’t do it, you're wasting your time
on this Earth.”  -- *Roberto Clemente

On Mon, Sep 29, 2014 at 6:24 PM, Marion Thompson <marionwhitevale at gmail.com>
wrote:

> The particular incident wasn't just a bit of infighting and feud. It was a
> total breach of the rule of highland hospitality.  The MacDonald were taken
> in by the Campbells in their hour of need and the Campbells fell on them in
> the night and murdered them.
> Anyway that was 50+ years ago and I was young(er) and more impressionable,
> but I still think those particular Campbells did a bad thing.  So there.
>
> Our history, 'what happened a long time ago' does so have an impact on our
> lives today.
> Butterfly wing beats and all that.
>
> Marion, a pilgrim
> On 9/29/2014 6:06 PM, James Oppenheimer wrote:
>
>> Actually, the clans had all kinds of infighting and feuds, says my beloved
>> spouse.  The Campbells are probably not all that different, and besides,
>> what happened a long time ago has no impact on our lives today -- or
>> certainly ought not to.
>>
>> Nobody makes a better soup, unless it's the Heinzes.
>>
>> James W. Oppenheimer
>> *“If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things
>> better
>> for people coming behind you, and you don’t do it, you're wasting your
>> time
>> on this Earth.”  -- *Roberto Clemente
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Sep 29, 2014 at 9:53 AM, Marion Thompson <
>> marionwhitevale at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>  I remember visiting Scotland long ago and being struck by Glencoe, where
>>> the MacDonald had been fallen upon by the treacherous Campbells.  After a
>>> later visit, when I was telling my uncle about the trip, I mentioned
>>> that I
>>> had spoken proudly of being a MacRae, but hadn't mentioned Campbell.  He
>>> snorted and said of his mother, my grandmother,  that 'a finer woman
>>> never
>>> walked this earth."  True enough -- I felt ashamed and never did that
>>> again.  I remember her as the quintessential grandmother, a sweet, slight
>>> woman, with lace-up black shoes,  long dark polkadot dress, wire-rimmed
>>> glasses, and white hair with a little bun at the nape of her neck.  She
>>> made glorious lemon meringue pies ....
>>>
>>> Marion, a pilgrim    ... today my sail I lift ....
>>> On 9/29/2014 8:53 AM, Judy Fleener wrote:
>>>
>>>  I am reading mail from 11 days ago, and getting caught up.  Marion, I
>>>> have
>>>> a  Campbell ancestor as well.  My grandmother was a  Campbell.
>>>> Judy
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 11:29 AM, Marion Thompson <
>>>> marionwhitevale at gmail.com
>>>>
>>>>  wrote:
>>>>> My highland MacRae, Campbell, and MacLeod of MacLeod  blood says Yes!
>>>>>
>>>>> Marion, a pilgrim   ... today my sail I lift ....
>>>>>
>>>>> On 9/18/2014 9:50 AM, Jay Weigel wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>   Nope, not prayin' that. Me Armstrong ancestors are sayin' go!
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 9:37 AM, Scott Knitter <
>>>>>> scottknitter at gmail.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>    :)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  http://liturgiae-causa.blogspot.com/2014/09/stay.html
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> Scott R. Knitter
>>>>>>> Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
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