rick@vicom.COM (Rick Schneider) (02/11/89)
From article <eoig7#1hZTGI=eric@snark.uu.net>, by eric@snark.uu.net (Eric S. Raymond): > an *awful* lot about the tragic history of the Jews in Europe. Perhaps the > Ashkenazim really *were* (inadvertent) plague-spreaders. Standard theory about > the ghettos escaping the worst effects because of `superior sanitation' always > had sounded kind of thin to me. Gee, I was under the impression that the plague was spread by rats. Since the sanitation was "superior" in the Jewish sectors, do you think that there were as many rats in those areas? -- Rick Schneider rick@vicom.com -or- ...{ ames | apple | sun }!vsi1!rick The opinions expressed are not those of my employer or are they?