[Magdalen] Boston Strong (was Aristocracy)

Georgia DuBose gdubose at gmail.com
Sat Apr 18 05:49:27 UTC 2015


If this discussion is referring to a book about the influence of
people from various parts of England on the settling of what
eventually became the United States, by David Hackett Fischer, the
title is "Albion's Seed."

Georgia+

On Fri, Apr 17, 2015 at 2:30 PM, Lesley de Voil <lesleymdv at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm on mobile only this weekend n I can't find an email with a reference
> the Salon article mentioned by Sally. Can somebody resend it, pls? TIA
> Regards
> Lesley de Vlil
>
>
> On Sat, Apr 18, 2015 at 7:23 AM, ME Michaud <michaudme at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> And about plutocracy: my poor dull-witted nephew got all huffy
> about "free speech" when Sony decided not to release its comedy
> about Korea (remember that?). The kid really thought it was a
> free speech issue.
>
> "If only we lived in a democracy. But we live in a plutocracy.
> And that was a business decision," I told him.
>
> How was I supposed to know he didn't know what a plutocracy
> is? He thought it had to do with a Disney character.
> -M
>
>
>
> --
> Sent from MetroMail


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