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Current Talk '03 II / Re:Maggie Collins, as seen by Grandma Moses
« on: July 30, 2003, 11:30:26 PM »What a load of revisionist poppycock.....the sorry truth is that the first Collins to arrive in the area was old Increase Collins......after he was banished from Plymouth Colony for carnal knowledge of a sheep. In the 17th century!!
We all wish it wasn't true....but those are the facts.
That ignominious story was the accepted truth, yes. But the recent discoveries have shattered that once steadfastly held belief.
Being in academia as I am, one becomes privy to knowledge that the general public isn't and may never be made aware because it's very controversial nature might cause the uninitiated and benighted to run amuck in the streets and choas would surely ensue. But I can assure you that the revelations I have made on the this board today are indeed the real truth. In fact, I've probably taken my very life in my hands by revealing even as little as I have. True, this forum is a small, far flung, insular corner of the Internet. But as Eleanor_Rigby was quick to point out, Big Brother is everywhere...