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   The Natural Philosopher to John Ames   
   Re: naughty Pascal   
   09 Jan 26 18:51:43   
   
   XPost: alt.folklore.computers   
   From: tnp@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 09/01/2026 16:06, John Ames wrote:   
   > On Fri, 9 Jan 2026 10:00:20 +0000   
   > The Natural Philosopher  wrote:   
   >   
   >>> They do now - but they had a different character once upon a time.   
   >>> England used to be a bunch of Celts and a handful of Roman expats   
   >>   
   >> It was other people before that. too. Celts are late invaders from   
   >> the broinze age.   
   >   
   > Also true - and the different Neolithic and early Bronze Age cultures   
   > crossed whole *swaths* of Eurasia, in the Elder Days.   
   >   
      
   Trying to make sense of 'follow the food, fuck the females' with DNA id   
   almost impossible.   
      
   There are claims that American copper (id-ed by Isotope) was on many   
   bronze age tools in Europe.... Did people cross the Atlantic? Was there   
   a land bridge?   
      
      
   --   
   When plunder becomes a way of life for a group of men in a society, over   
   the course of time they create for themselves a legal system that   
   authorizes it and a moral code that glorifies it.   
      
     Frédéric Bastiat   
      
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    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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