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From: Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Babel
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On Wed, 27 Mar 2024 17:46:50 -0400, Tim Illingworth <tim@smofs.org>
wrote:

>On 3/27/2024 7:47 AM, Cryptoengineer wrote:
>
>>=20
>> Regardless of nigglined edge cases, the point remains. Russia has
>> been invaded many times in history, while the US mainland has not.
>>=20
>> pt
>>=20
>December 1814 not count?

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.

And thanks for illustrating that even a clear point can be ignored by
people fanatically insistent on refuting it.
--=20
"Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,
Who evil spoke of everyone but God,
Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"