[Sca-cooks] MY DAY IN CLASS

[Pixel, Goddess and Queen]

On Tue, 28 Jan 2003, Terry Decker wrote:

> I would point out that New Orleans was a gentile and civilized city before
> the United States was organized with all of the joys and ills of
> civilization including political corruption, crime, and punishment.  Having
> been civilized for so long, Louisiana bears a certain resemblance to the
> Roman Empire in its later years.
>
> Bear

Given that it was mostly French people, and they were Catholic, you're
probably right that it was a gentile city. :-)

Margaret, sidling towards the Rock