> The Spanish (and Norman-French rulers of England) were not thinking economically but religiously (or rather, superstitiously) when they opposed the construction of the canals.
Huh. So... what's ancient Egyptian for "Greenpeace?"
"Huh. So... what's ancient Egyptian for 'Greenpeace?'"
That would depend.
In Egypt proper, probably some hieroglyphic showing a bunch of smiling fish beneath a boat with figures of smiling-faced men in it.
The Egyptians in France might have painted the same hieroglyphic with the fish darting away, a hole torn in the side of the boat, and looks of fear and alarm on the faces of the human stick figures.
Just a guess.