Apologies for the misplaced comma, Sagey! 😊
” But in fact, this is far more than some simple joke. For one: did you know that nearly a third of American male-to-female transsexuals are veterans, and that was despite them being officially banned from serving at the time this was studied? “
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” The most famous trait of the Ottoman janissaries was their unusual method of recruitment. New janissaries were made through the devshirme, (literally “collecting”), in which Ottoman officials went into the provinces, took boys aged roughly 8-15 away from their families, and brought them back to Constantinople for training as soldiers. In a major twist, though, the boys recruited were not taken from Turkish families, or other Muslim groups. Instead, they were taken from the conquered Christian peoples of the empire: Greeks, Albanians, Bulgarians, Serbs, and so on.”
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” Sound familiar? “
— Darrin Beaty
* Scrolling through the site’s needed marketing paragraphs brings you into learning of practices in Ages past.
* “ ... NOTHING IS NEW UNDER THE SUN” * — Solomon