Re: Sore losers

2008-08-28 Thread Charlie Bell
On 28/08/2008, at 6:36 AM, Jon Louis Mann wrote: i have to agree that rule britannia were less brutal than most of the other european colonists. Really? I'm sure Native Americans, original Australians (especially in Tasmania where they were wiped out), the fuzzywuzzies who were made to

Re: Sore losers

2008-08-28 Thread Charlie Bell
On 28/08/2008, at 1:53 PM, Doug Pensinger wrote: Charlie wrote: I could be wrong, but doesn't the rule have something to do with the adverse effect of the extreme amount of stress on a young, developing body? If the rule was arbitrary, why don't they have it for other sports? They do.

Re: Sore losers

2008-08-28 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 11:06 PM Wednesday 8/27/2008, Doug Pensinger wrote: Ronn! wrote: What do you do when several times each year in your town kids get shot dead in the park, walking down the street, standing on the balcony outside their apartment door, or when a bullet comes through the window or wall

Portuguese expansion and Religion is Evil [was: Sore losers]

2008-08-28 Thread Alberto Monteiro
Charlie Bell wrote: Really? I'm sure Native Americans, original Australians (especially in Tasmania where they were wiped out), the fuzzywuzzies who were made to build railways in Africa and so on would disagree with that. Britain has just as shameful a past in slavery and

Re: Portuguese expansion and Religion is Evil [was: Sore losers]

2008-08-28 Thread Charlie Bell
On 28/08/2008, at 10:43 PM, Alberto Monteiro wrote: Charlie Bell wrote: Really? I'm sure Native Americans, original Australians (especially in Tasmania where they were wiped out), the fuzzywuzzies who were made to build railways in Africa and so on would disagree with that. Britain has

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Re: Sore losers

2008-08-28 Thread Jon Louis Mann
i have to agree that rule britannia were less brutal than most of the other european colonists. jon Really? I'm sure Native Americans, original Australians (especially in Tasmania where they were wiped out), the fuzzywuzzies who were made to build railways in Africa and so on

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2008-08-28 Thread Doug Pensinger
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