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Re: Bummer of the Week: LEGO Made in China
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Fri, 7 Sep 2001 02:17:07 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Simon Bennett writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Shaun Sullivan writes:
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> Well, now I've started I may as well get fully involved in .debate!
Muuhahahahaha, etc etc :)
> You may like to consider separating British Military presence (which began
> in the early 1970's at the request of the Catholic community to protect them
> from Protestant violence) from Cultural presence of those from the British
> Isles which began in the 1300s when Scottish tribes invaded Ulster (at which
> time Great Britain did not exist and all the protagonists were recently
> Christianised Celts (Protestantism not existing at the time)). I suggest
> Dave may have meant the former.
This is extremely interesting! My segment of British/Irish
history really doesn't go back past the Boyne, so this is a
very cloudy period in my knowledge. Were these Scots who
invaded in the 14th-C. descended from the original Irish?
I know that Gaelic as a language moved from Ireland to the
north of Scotland, but why were there invasions the other way?
And would the Irish have recognized the Scots as so foreign?
Man, I have to find more free time to read on late-medieval
history. Maybe once I retire... %S Anyways, if you have any
good titles to recommend I'd appreciate hearing about them!
best
LFB
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| (...) Well, now I've started I may as well get fully involved in .debate! Shaun You may like to consider separating British Military presence (which began in the early 1970's at the request of the Catholic community to protect them from Protestant (...) (23 years ago, 6-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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