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   From: dtravel@sonic.net   
      
   On 3/28/2024 9:14 AM, Paul S Person wrote:   
   > On Wed, 27 Mar 2024 17:46:50 -0400, Tim Illingworth    
   > 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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