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To: SunkenCiv

No society has ever been peaceful.


3 posted on 05/04/2010 5:04:48 PM PDT by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem.)
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To: Jewbacca

(for any length of time).


4 posted on 05/04/2010 5:05:12 PM PDT by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem.)
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To: Jewbacca
And even if you are, your neighbors usually are not.

Peaceful has never meant "without defenses". It usually meant that you were the baddest dude on the block when you got riled.

9 posted on 05/04/2010 5:21:38 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (I miss the competent fiscal policy and flag waving patriotism of the Carter Administration)
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To: Jewbacca

Evans was a bit of a nut. And, he may have singlehandedly destroyed any chance of having an accepted translation of Linear A, but that’s another story. :’)


10 posted on 05/04/2010 5:24:49 PM PDT by SunkenCiv ("Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others." -- Otto von Bismarck)
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To: Jewbacca; SunkenCiv

“No society has ever been peaceful”...that had mothers-in-law.

(There, I fixed it for ya.)


20 posted on 05/04/2010 9:38:04 PM PDT by wildbill (You're just jealous because the Voices talk only to me.)
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