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   Message 56,196 of 57,854   
   Martin Edwards to All   
   Re: 5 Worst Times to be Alive in History   
   01 Jan 19 09:08:19   
   
   From: buzzard554@fastmail.co.uk   
      
   On 1/1/2019 2:23 AM, Oh so rich & successful JTEM wrote:   
   > Tens of millions of people in India, Egypt, Ireland,   
   > Iran... you name it, they wanted out from under the   
   > British boot, and they saw an Axis victory as the   
   > fastest way of doing it!   
      
   Which was why The Indian army in WWII was the biggest colonial army in   
   history and Irish Catholics, as well as Protestants, joined the British   
   army in their thousands.  What's that?  You didn't know there were Irish   
   Protestants?  Ask your priest about it.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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