Oh no no not your harsh words!!
I had just read from:

quote from Spenser Walpole Land of Home Rule

[ . . . whereby this island is no better than a nursery for other places, and the useful servants going off, and but a few left, besides such depraved, useless, or inactive people' who are rather a burden than any real service to the Island, upon which will inevitably ensue the utter decay, not only of husbandry and tillage, but also of all kinds of trade." ]

Those early laws seemed harsh & that above description!!
I meant no disrespect or offense.
Terri