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Subject: 
Re: for patriotism is indeed a double-edged sword (was Re: Those stupid liberal judges are at it aga
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Date: 
Mon, 23 Sep 2002 22:50:13 GMT
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"Erik Olson" <erik@olson.pair.com> writes:
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."

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.

--
William R Ward            bill@wards.net          http://www.wards.net/~bill/
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        Consistency is not really a human trait.
                         --Maude (from the film "Harold & Maude")



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  Re: for patriotism is indeed a double-edged sword (was Re: Those stupid liberal judges are at it aga
 
(...) 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)

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  Re: for patriotism is indeed a double-edged sword (was Re: Those stupid liberal judges are at it aga
 
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)

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