----- Original Message ----- From: "The Fool" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 3:14 PM Subject: Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated
> > a slight exaggeration. They existed from at least 1200's and annually > killed [estimation] somewhere between 30k-50k people / year. It could > actually be higher or lower than that. It comes out it the same ballpark > as what the soviets did, but by a much smaller group of people, over a > much greater period of time. They are where we got the english word > 'thug' from. You call them the original terrorists, and that was why I > was using them as an example. Ritu gave a good counter-cite to this; consistent with Gautam's view. This is not a cite, its a recap. No hard feelings, but I'm guessing that your source might have its roots in less than the best scholarship. Unless you did that work, it shouldn't be taken personally. :-) Dan M. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
