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From: hrubin@pop.stat.purdue.edu (Herman Rubin)
Subject: Re: Who's next?  Mormons and Jews?
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In article <1993Apr20.003522.22480@midway.uchicago.edu> thf2@midway.uchicago.edu writes:
>In article <1qvfik$6rf@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> cj195@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (John W. Redelfs) writes:
>>Now that Big Brother has rubbed out one minority religion in Waco, who is
>>next?  The Mormons or Jews?

>The Koreshians rubbed themselves out.  Neither Mormons nor Jews have a
>propensity for dousing themselves with kerosene, so I'm not particularly
>concerned.  (Or shall we blame Jim Jones on the government also?)

I believe we still remember Masada, where Jews killed themselves rather
than being captured by the Romans.  While I do not agree with the
Davidians, I must admire their willingness to die for what they 
believed, which Jews have had to do often.
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Herman Rubin, Dept. of Statistics, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette IN47907-1399
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