On Mon, 18 Feb 2008 11:27:22 -0000, "William Black"
wrote:
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>"Martin" wrote in message
>news:34lir310gigl5f90s8d9kaab8ui2416dsh@4ax.com...
>> On Sun, 17 Feb 2008 18:36:13 -0500, "Sarah Banick"
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>> wrote:
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>>>"James Silverton" wrote in message
>>>news:M9%tj.511$JF.266@trnddc01...
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>>>> You might add that (what was it 600 years ago?) the Serbs lost a battle
>>>> and have been screaming "We wuz robbed" ever since. It had to be a
>>>> swindle
>>>> since God would never allow the Serbs to lose honestly but the Arabs
>>>> must
>>>> have gotten to the angels with their bribes first.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>They were Turks, actually, not Arabs. But it is difficult to understand a
>>>culture whose most sacred memory is a battle they lost.
>>>
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>> Hastings 1066 and all that? :o)
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>Drogheda in 1649 is probably a better example.
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>And 'Don't give up the ship' just before his crew gave up the ship after a
>battle that lasted all of thirteen minutes...
1066 is better known. Stamford Bridge too :o)
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Martin
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