Re: falling off hobby-horses

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Subject:	Re: falling off hobby-horses
From:	Ian Fraser <>
Date:	Fri, 14 Aug 1998 14:34:49 +1000 (EST)

Oops. The slings and arrows don't always come from where you'd expect! John
Leonard says:
>I don't think that anyone should be using the term Pharisee in a pejorative
>sense these days?the usage springs from a strand of Christian anti-Jewish
>sentiment that one would hope is long passed.

My apologies to anyone offended; I plead ignorance, with its fan flamed by
over-enthusiastic rhetoric (some might say hot air...). My SUnday School
days are long gone, and if I ever knew the correct definition of a pharisee,
I've long forgotten it.

Oh well, I guess that's today's lesson!

Cheers

Ian
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