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To: markomalley

Uh, huh. Anyone know the origins of the word “assassin”. That’s right. I know you could.


10 posted on 11/17/2015 5:29:09 PM PST by RushIsMyTeddyBear (I'm fed up.)
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear

And the Daily Mail stated that his ex-wife said he smoked HASHISH, NOT pot, every day.


17 posted on 11/17/2015 5:44:57 PM PST by nopardons
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear

That was my first thought as well.


29 posted on 11/17/2015 6:09:14 PM PST by Oratam
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear; nopardons; Oratam
Anyone know the origins of the word "assassin".

'there is no basis for the belief that Nizari assassins did their business while hopped up on drugs. [...] Legend has it that the Nizaris functioned primarily as assassins. [...] Their leader, known simply as the Old Man of the Mountain, recruited followers by administering an "intoxicating potion" to them and transporting them to a "garden of paradise" to enjoy the forbidden delights of women, drugs and food. The primary ingredient of the potion, according to medieval reports, was hashish. [...] Research by historians such as Bernard Lewis, however, has cast doubt on this lurid picture. [...] The bizarre stories that became so closely connected with the group sprouted from the medieval Muslim majority's attempt to condemn the Nizaris as immoral and heretical'. - http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2023/does-assassin-derive-from-hashish

32 posted on 11/18/2015 7:21:10 AM PST by ConservingFreedom (a "guest worker" is a stateless person with no ties to any community, only to his paymaster)
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