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    Re: for patriotism is indeed a double-edged sword (was Re: Those stupid liberal judges are at it aga —Erik Olson
   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 (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 —Dave Schuler
     (...) 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 —Scott Arthur
     (...) 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 —William R. Ward
   (...) 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)
   
        Re: for patriotism is indeed a double-edged sword (was Re: Those stupid liberal judges are at it aga —Erik Olson
   (...) the evidence has been weighed. Snopes.com and wikipedia.com have both surveyed their experts and as snopes says "come up empty." In the first place, it smelled funny. The quote itself is so narrow-minded and subsitutes emotions for (...) (22 years ago, 24-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 —Dave Schuler
   (...) Here's the snopes link: (URL) Dave! (22 years ago, 27-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 

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