> I have a number of Indian friends, most of whom are IMHO better Englishmen than many people of genuine Anglo-Saxon extraction
Why does EVERYTHING remind me of a story? Anyway, I am reminded of three fellows I know, a Catholic priest, a Baptist minister, and a rabbi (hmmm, odd that you don't have to specify the religion of the latter.) They would meet every Wednesday for golf. One day they got to talking about the various problems they were seeing with their flocks. The priest mentioned that his biggest problem was that more and more Catholics were becoming Quakers. The minister thought for a minute and said, "You may be onto something. Now that you mention it, I suppose there's a trend in that direction in my flock." The rabbi scoffed at both of them. "You think you have problems, some of my best Jews are Friends."
