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   Douglas Eagleson to All   
   My Incorrect Memory.   
   20 Nov 22 12:38:10   
   
   From: eaglesondouglas@gmail.com   
      
   I once posted on Thatcher's reaction to the IRA bomb attempt on Gibraltar back   
   in the 80s. I said the Parliament approved their throats being cut.   
   This was incorrect, they were simply shot multiple times while on the ground.   
   My only excuse is an incorrect reading of some words of Thatcher.   
      
   In that context maybe the issue was the summary killing of the suspects.   
   I am left  with a sole excuse.  The Parliament maybe made an analogy   
   concerning the means of the judgment. Even if the execution was by throat   
   cutting, it would be justified.   
      
   In this this test of my memory I reference a Washington Post article from like   
   35 years ago.  Concerning South Korea's nuclear weapon program.   
   A paraphrase. "What would you do if you were South Korea?"   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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