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'Pillaging' Vikings unmasked as eco warriors
Yorkshire Post ^
| 02 Dec 2009
| Paul Jeeves
Posted on 12/03/2009 7:58:22 AM PST by BGHater
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To: BGHater
Of course they recycled metal, so did every other army that used metal weapons at the time, they didn't do it to be "eco friendly" but because it was easier and cheaper to recycle broken weapons than to mine new metal, especially with the mining techniques and the cost of transporting ore and finished metal in that time period.
These people are desperate to make our current civilization seem like the greedy plunderers when compared to past times, it just isn't true.
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12/04/2009 1:41:36 AM PST
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calex59
To: BGHater
180 miles in 4 days. thats a heck of a forced march.
To: All
next thing you know they will be telling us that the Vikings we led into this battle by Algor the Red.
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12/04/2009 3:45:54 AM PST
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Einherjar
(PEACE THROUGH SUPERIOR FIREPOWER)
To: BGHater; SunkenCiv
Of course they recycled, metal was expensive and relatively scarce compared to today.
Next thing you know they'll claim the Vikings only slaughtered their opponents to fight overpopulation.
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12/04/2009 11:12:06 AM PST
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colorado tanker
(What's it all about, Barrrrry? Is it just for the power, you live?)
To: Fiddlstix; colorado tanker
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12/04/2009 12:34:31 PM PST
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SunkenCiv
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SunkenCiv
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