From: JUJU@withouta.net   
      
   In article ,   
    "George Johnson"  wrote:   
      
   > Enjoy the chocolate and candies and heart-shaped plushies. St. Valentine,   
   > Famed Romantic and Religious Martyr   
   > http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/02/14/saint-valentine-famed-roma   
   tic-and-religio   
   > us-martyr/   
   >   
   > One Valentine was a Roman priest and doctor who was persecuted by the   
   > emperor Claudius II for marrying Christian couples. Claudius took a liking   
   > to Valentine, but Valentine overstepped his bounds when he tried to convert   
   > the emperor, and Claudius sentenced him to death - and an ugly death at   
   > that. Lore suggests that he was beaten, stoned, and finally beheaded.   
      
   They probably stoned him with those little candy hearts with funny   
   sayings on them.   
      
   Judith   
      
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   Man killed while attempting suicide.   
   -Newscast by Peter Gorey   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)