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THE EXECUTIONER'S MOAT (Interesting Discoveries in the dirt)!
Archaeological Institute of America ^
| Volume 57 Number 2, March/April 2004
| DAVID KEYS
Posted on 02/19/2004 1:28:53 PM PST by vannrox
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To: mewzilla
May I ask a dumb question? Unless these poor sods were interred with rap sheets, how do they know the men were criminals?I wondered the same thing. (you worded it well LOL) "Criminal" at that time was a rather objective concept wasn't it? I mean, speaking out against the crown's religion was "criminal."
To: madison10
Objective should have been "subjective." It's late.
To: technochick99
Why is that?!? Travel and travail have the same root word.
17th century travel was very unpleasant, and dumped one in a hostile environment. Some made the judgment call that a relatively quick death was preferable to slowly freezing and starving to death in the colonies, after a couple months of sea sickness and scurvy.
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02/19/2004 9:17:20 PM PST
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null and void
(Kerry is a DOUBLE war hero - once for each side...)
To: scan59
I've heard this is one of the dangers of California's three-strikes-you're-out-for-life laws. Except the criminals don't seem to be inclined to wipe out witnesses. I suspect it's because with modern forensics they know they face a very high probability of being caught if they raise the stakes to capital murder.
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02/19/2004 9:20:24 PM PST
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null and void
(Kerry is a DOUBLE war hero - once for each side...)
To: scan59
God forbid you get tangled up in the legal system in those days. Or these.
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02/19/2004 9:23:44 PM PST
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archy
(Concrete shoes, cyanide, TNT! Done dirt cheap! Neckties, contracts, high voltage...Done dirt cheap!)
To: night reader
I believe Australia, Tasmania, and possibly New Zealand were truly penal colonies New Zealand was not a penal colony. Thankfully. :)
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02/19/2004 9:50:46 PM PST
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gungadin
To: Modernman
"It's pretty controversial- the Mormons got a lot of bad PR for 'baptising' Holocaust victims a little while back."
And RIGHTLY so!!
To: Lion in Winter
But... like the adage about a tree falling in the forest.
If someone is baptised posthumously by an LDS member with a temple recommend, does that really matter?
Can saying some strangers name in one of their sacred rites REALLY affect that persons eternal soul?
"I claim this land in the name of Queen Isabella", said by Columbus upon going ashore, did NOT turn the 'natives' into Spaniards, either.
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02/20/2004 5:33:57 AM PST
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Elsie
(When the avalanche starts... it's too late for the pebbles to vote....)
To: cyborg
Thank you, I love this ping list!
To: BlessedByLiberty
I think this giving Hillary too many ideas.
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02/20/2004 9:17:56 AM PST
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cyborg
To: cyborg
Okay, you made my day! :)
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