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To: MikalM
Another idiot who views the world through the glasses of her own personal obsession. Ignore it.

And by the way, I can name a fourth, and a fifth, and as many as this "history" teacher likes. Boudicca, for example, Catherine the Great, Maria-Teresa of Austria, the lovely Spartan women whose slogan to their sons was "with your shields or on them," Elizabeth I of England...

26 posted on 01/10/2003 11:37:54 AM PST by Billthedrill
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To: Billthedrill
She should be reminded about the Spartan mother who killed her son when he returned from battle without his shield or sword, because she believed he was a coward who turned and ran.
32 posted on 01/10/2003 11:43:11 AM PST by Enterprise
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