On Sat Jul-07-2018 15:06, mark lewis (1:3634/12.73) wrote to Roger Nelson:

 ml>  On 2018 Jul 07 11:09:38, you wrote to me:

[...]

 ml>> they messed up the latin phrase when they removed the space from
 ml>> between the words...

Did they?

 RN> Now if you make two words out of it, (as in para bellum) it has
 RN> something to do with peace and war.

 ml> i thought i said that? it was in the original post and i didn't see
 ml> any need in  quoting all of it... especially when i was confirming
 ml> your NOTE :) 

Maybe you did, but my message base purge took care of that.

 ml> para bellum: latin - "Prepare for War"

My understanding of the phrase is "If you want peace, prepare for war."


Regards,

Roger 
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