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To: Haim R. Branisteanu who wrote (125231)	9/24/2001 4:14:46 PM
From: James F. Hopkins	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

History seems to say that over time they swap places ( or roles ) :-) Most "underground networks" evolve under duress The early Christians for the first 400 yrs developed a complex underground then came Saint Constipation and screwed that up by making them legal. In time they got more and more legal power and more and more corrupt as a result The Templers got rich and the King of France made a deal with the Pope to take all their money ( and kill them to boot so they couldn't come back at them ) So with the great inquisition the Templers had to scatter and seek help. The ones who didn't get barbecued went underground only to find and go to work with perhaps the most evolved and global underground net work up to that time, and for all I know it likely still is the best of the best. --------------------- As a kid I remember my uncle better than my Dad, ( he was off to WWII ) My uncle was to old & crippled to boot & we lived with him. He was also a bookie, it was odd He was Catholic but insisted on everything being "Kosher" however I think his "kosher" had more to do with what we did than what we ate. Jim