In San Francisco, the organization of the event [Critical Mass] has been as much a part of its success as anything else. There is no one in charge. Ideas are spread, routes shared, and consensus sought through the ubiquitous copy machine—a xerocracy in which anyone is free to make copies of their ideas and pass them around.

It was no coincidence that persecution of heretics was more frequent from 1496, as prohibitions and praemunires became more common, and no coincidence that a nation-wide drive against heretics followed the Convocation of 1510.

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God rest you merry, gentlemen. (May God grant you happiness and peace, gentlemen; literally: May God keep you happy and in peace, gentlemen.)