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Subject: Re: Babel
Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2024 14:45:43 -0700
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On 3/28/2024 9:14 AM, Paul S Person wrote:
> On Wed, 27 Mar 2024 17:46:50 -0400, Tim Illingworth <tim@smofs.org>
> wrote:
> 
>> 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?
> 
> 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.

"Topic Drift".  :)

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