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From: Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Babel
Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2024 09:05:05 -0700
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On Thu, 28 Mar 2024 19:07:56 -0400, Gary McGath <garym@mcgath.com>
wrote:

>On 3/28/24 12:14 PM, Paul S Person wrote:
>> On Wed, 27 Mar 2024 17:46:50 -0400, Tim Illingworth <tim@smofs.org>
>> wrote:
>>=20
>>> On 3/27/2024 7:47 AM, Cryptoengineer wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Regardless of nigglined edge cases, the point remains. Russia has
>>>> been invaded many times in history, while the US mainland has not.
>>>>
>>>> pt
>>>>
>>> December 1814 not count?
>>=20
>> As a "nigglened edge case", it would. If it had happened and was not
>> part of the War of 1812 which, in a time when communications were far
>> from instantaneous, dragged on for a bit.
>>=20
>> And thanks for illustrating that even a clear point can be ignored by
>> people fanatically insistent on refuting it.
>
>And now you're treating getting the month wrong as being "fanatically=20
>insistent."

When did I say getting the month wrong mattered? Why /would/ it
matter? Either this is a "nigglened edge case" independent of the War
of 1812, or it is /part/ of the War of 1812, in which case it is not a
separate example from the War of 1812.

Nice try at a save, though. Just continue on with your fanaticism.

>*plonk*

I felt nothing. Sorry 'bout that.
--=20
"Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,
Who evil spoke of everyone but God,
Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"