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frank theriault wrote:
Hello, Wolf of Gray,
Well, Kristian seems to have got to you first, with much more information that I could have provided. One thing I do know is that during the Dark Ages, Ireland was the lone shining light of intellectualism in what we now call Europe.
Plus, they make good beer (have I mentioned that one already?)
cheers, frank
"The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer
From: graywolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Have I done something to upset you. Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2003 00:05:30 -0500
And which of the 3500 or so tribes was that? Much as I like the Irish, they were really tribal savages (no centralized government at all) up until the 15th century or so.
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Pat White wrote:
Does this go back far enough? In the 5th century, the Irish abolished
slavery, with the strong encouragement of Saint Patrick, a former slave.
It took most of the "first world" well over a thousand years to catch up to
that one, and some countries still practice slavery today.
Ironically, Irish people were sent as slaves to the West Indies in the 17th
century. But that's a story for another time and place.
Pat White
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