On Fri, 17 Aug 2012 13:10:21 -0700 (PDT), Pavel314
wrote:

On Thursday, August 16, 2012 8:48:22 PM UTC-4, micky wrote:

Well worth reading.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asser_Levy

When I worked at 42 Broadway in Lower Manhattan and ate lunch
sometimes in Bowling Green Park there was a statue there of Peter
Stuyvesant and part of the inscription underneath was "During Peter
Stuyvesant's rule of New Amersterdam, Jews were given political
rights" or something similar.

What it didnt' say is that Stuyvesant did his best to prevent that.
To find out why he failed, read the url. The statue shows how
something can be artfully phrased to give a false impression.
Remember that during election season and all the time.
......

There is much more to the url.

He also tried to ban smoking and failed.

Wow. I did not know that. (Stuyvesant, I'm sure you mean.)