Usurers Are Not Gentlemen

 
1. The Prophets of Israel
     and the Fathers of the Church
     forbade lending money at interest.

2. Lending at interest
     was called usury
     by the Prophets of Israel
     and the Fathers of the Church.

3. Usurers were not considered
     to be gentlemen
     when people used to listen
     to the Prophets of Israel
     and the Fathers of the Church.

4. When people used to listen
     to the Prophets of Israel
     and the Fathers of the Church
     they could not see anything gentle
     in trying to live
     on the sweat of somebody else's brow
     by lending money at interest