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Re: D'oh!

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From: Zagadka
Date: Mon, 08 Feb 1999 00:00
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Ozjish Kahn wrote:
> 
> TsonDirk wrote:
> 
> > Ozjish Kahn <ozj...@xs4all.nl> wrote in message
> > news:36BC94C1.A5B30C62@xs4all.nl...
> > :Dion L Heap wrote:
> > :
> > :> Ozjish Kahn wrote in message <36BBA115...@xs4all.nl>...
> > :> >Zagadka wrote:
> > :> >
> > :> >> The Unknown James wrote:
> > :>
> > :> >> Its right side up... and it started the chain of events that led to
> > :> >> modern democracy... I mean, if your German kings hadn't screwed up so
> > :> >> badly, we might have never revolted, and France would have never have
> > :> >> had Lafayette etc to bring the influence back that would ignite 50
> > years
> > :> >> of revolution throughout Europe which resulted in the unification of
> > :> >> Germany and Italy, leading to WWI and subsequentially WWII and the
> > :> >> further rise of American power... hehe. Thanks, England! Happy 4th of
> > :> >> July to you too!
> > :> >
> > :> >England... thanks for NOTHING...
> > :> >
> > :> >> England also started the Industrial Revolution.
> > :> >>
> > :> >> England also beat the crap out of France a lot.
> > :> >
> > :> > Okay, I give 'em that.
> > :>
> > :> Also was once the most powerfull nation in the world, and size for size,
> > :> still is !
> > :> take a look on an atlas and notice the size of England, then look at
> > India,
> > :> Australia, Canada, America to name but a few, they were once all ours,
> > now
> > :> take a look at south America and the size of Argentina, now notice the
> > :> proximity of the Falkland Islands to Argentina & compare it with the
> > :> proximity to the UK. Statistically and strategically speaking, the UK
> > versus
> > :> Argentina is a one way situation, England proved otherwise, you give me
> > an
> > :> example of similar odds with another country that even comes close to
> > :> winning a situation like that against those odds, not even in C+C
> > (keeping
> > :> this on topic)
> > :
> > :Just one name: Michiel de Ruyter. And DON'T say you don;t know who that is.
> >
> > Who's that?
> 
> * RAGE *

*lmao*

Though I'm not surprised if 90% of the people (in the Western world)
didn't know who he was... Not like its important or anything...
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From: Zagadka <b...@pagecaster.com>
Subject: Re: D'oh!
Date: 1999/02/08
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