Show RELIGIOUS FANATICS frequent attacks on the jews of palestine by fanatical moslem arabs again illustrate the unfortunate fact that the worlds most violent and unreasoning hatreds still have their source in differences over religion as has been the case from the earliest times in all ages religious zealous zealots have sought to exterminate those of other faiths in the apparent belief that by so doing they would gain the favor of the almighty persecution torture and wholesale massacre have been employed to this end among both savage and supposedly civilized peoples it is interesting to recall in this connection the approval by bev cotton mather foremost scholar of his day of a plan to capture william penn and his band of quakers on the high seas while on their way to america and sell them into slavery mather wrote in 1682 much spoil may be made by selling the whole lot to barbados where slaves fetch good prices in rum and sugar and we shall not only do the lord a great service by punishing the wicked but we shall make great gains for his minister and people the same intolerant spirit exists in our own day not only among the fanatical arabs but among zealous zealots of all faiths including many who call themselves christians one more do much harm why not have a mind your own business week from the crowds that gather one would think there was a law against watching a dog fight awl americanism skirmishing around for bootleg liquor with which to celebrate the lords birthday an appropriate latin american battle slogan would be shoot the generals and you shoot all A physician says boys smoke before they are 21 by which time mother and little sister will have demonstrated how todo it gracefully i |