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Subject:	Re: for patriotism is indeed a double-edged sword (was Re: Those stupid liberal judges are at it aga
Newsgroups:	lugnet.off-topic.debate
Date:	Mon, 23 Sep 2002 15:08:41 GMT
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have you realized this "Caesar" thing is a made-up quote that has been going around for many months? It's like the amusing but fake Nostradamus saying about the "village idiot." -Erik

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		Re: for patriotism is indeed a double-edged sword (was Re: Those stupid liberal judges are at it aga
(...) Good luck! I did a Google search for that apocryphal Caesar quote and got 1180 hits! It's a well-established pious fraud, as firmly entrenched as the Sarah Brady's "completely disarmed" false citation or Dan Quayle's "Latin America" fictional (...) (22 years ago, 23-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

		Re: for patriotism is indeed a double-edged sword (was Re: Those stupid liberal judges are at it aga
(...) Was Nostradamus able to predict this? ;) Scott A (...) (22 years ago, 23-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

		Re: for patriotism is indeed a double-edged sword (was Re: Those stupid liberal judges are at it aga
(...) Of course Caesar spoke latin, so it isn't a direct quote. But how do you know it's false? But in any case, I changed my .signature to not have that quote anymore. --Bill. (22 years ago, 23-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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		for patriotism is indeed a double-edged sword (was Re: Those stupid liberal judges are at it again!)
(...) Sorry, I did not mean to imply life is perfect for these groups - it is not anywhere near it. However, it has improved over the last 25 years in my view. (...) Yes. (...) I agree. I read this powerful quote in a Guardian letter today: "Beware (...) (22 years ago, 20-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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