Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 beta 3/9/83; site sdcrdcf.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!akgua!sdcrdcf!lwall From: lwall@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Larry Wall) Newsgroups: net.flame Subject: Re: Have Christians been "harrassed" lately? Message-ID: <916@sdcrdcf.UUCP> Date: Thu, 15-Mar-84 15:22:44 EST Article-I.D.: sdcrdcf.916 Posted: Thu Mar 15 15:22:44 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 17-Mar-84 04:02:28 EST References: <1631@sdccsu3.UUCP> <599@pyuxa.UUCP> <2223@brl-vgr.ARPA> <927@qubix.UUCP> <692@eosp1.UUCP> Reply-To: lwall@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Larry Wall) Organization: System Development Corporation, Santa Monica Lines: 21 I can only think one of several things concerning someone who thinks that Christians have not been harassed in the last 1000 years: 1) He/she does not think that Uganda, China, Cambodia, India, Siberia, Viet Nam, Poland, etc., etc., etc., really exist, or 2) she/he thinks that these places are not inhabited, or 3) he/she thinks that nobody in these places has ever chosen to follow "The Way", or 4) she/he thinks that Christians in these places revert to sub-human status, and lose all their rights to be included as human-rights statistics. Not only do we not know history, but we haven't even been paying attention to current events. I know the recent bias is against global variables, but sometimes you need a little global data. "People are Christians, too." Larry Wall {allegra,burdvax,cbosgd,hplabs,ihnp4,sdcsvax}!sdcrdcf!lwall