Iceland Revokes Order to 'Kill Basques on Sight'

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[umgud]

Be real nice if the muslims would do this for us infidels and Jews.

[BobL]

“In a small town on the western coast of Iceland last week, authorities finally revoked a 400-year-old order that allowed Basques to be killed on sight.”

Considering their record in Spain...

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

It was only in the 21st Century that a law forbidding Indians (native American variety) from spending the night in Boston was repealed. There was no reconciliation ceremony between the descendants of King Phillip’s braves and New England colonists.

[bolobaby]

“We have nothing better to do, so...”

[EEGator]

Iceland...

[PROCON]

Hmmm, one track mind, huh :-)

[Fiji Hill]

Twelve years later, in 1627, Muslims from North Africa raided Iceland and hauled hundreds of Icelanders off to be sold as slaves on the Barbary Coast.

[EEGator]

Pretty much. :-)

[PROCON]

Here's the JV team...

[EEGator]

I’m good with them too.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

I know, right.

[EEGator]

[22202NOVA]

Other way around. In 400 years my descendants may be in a position to forgive the Muzzies.

[22202NOVA]

Time to buy a ticket! One way should be fine!

[SamuraiScot]

The surviving Basque whalers made it ashore but after a conflict with locals . . .

Seems a little unspecific in Step B here. PC much? Just my guess, considering we're talking sailors here: too much to drink and disrespect for the chief's daughter?

[bunkerhill7]

But there`s only 4 hours of daylight in wintertime in Iceland so they had to work fast to kill them on sight..

[ForYourChildren]

“In Chester, a person is permitted to shoot a Welshman with a bow and arrow, as long as he is inside the city walls after midnight. 4. All English males over the age of 14 are required by law to have two hours of longbow practice each week.”

Still on the books.

[Viking2002]

There was (is?) an old law on the books in Virginia that states if an unmarried, non-related man and woman spend from sundown to sun-up under the roof of the same dwelling, they are then considered married by common law.

Man, I got about five or six wives up there somewhere.......

[snoringbear]

It was back in the 70’s maybe 80’s, the city of Houston rescinded a law stating it was illegal to shoot Indians on Main Street. Now, I don’t recall whether or not that by rescinding the law it made shooting Indians on Main Street legal. But, im guessing not :)