I heard on a TV programme tonight that the Pilgrim Fathers
weren’t all they’re cracked up to be. The common notion that they went to America
to escape religious persecution isn’t true, apparently. Rather they went there
because they objected to the religious tolerance being observed in England
at the time, and wanted to found a state in which they could ban all sects but
their own. They even executed a woman in the early days for no other ‘crime’ than
that she was a Quaker. How very Christian of them.
If this is true, it seems they belong with Columbus
at the head of a list of Undesirable Early Americans. Maybe Americans know that
already. I didn’t.
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I’ve been like a 90-year-old with dementia today. Too many
difficult e-mails. Too many distressing prospects. Helloes hurt; goodbyes hurt;
being in touch hurts; you can’t f*****g win! Back and forth between the sublime and the sordid. The American
Way, maybe. Or maybe not. Maybe I’m just losing
track of reason.
But the Red Renault got cleaned, as promised. He’s now a
bright, shiny red again. All over.
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