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You know, you're right. Tom Send a noteboard - 08/06/2010 07:21:25 PM
I always thought they were just bat-shit crazy strict about everything ;), but apparently they aren't about that. They're no more strict than Catholics or Lutherans.

Either way, the book is really dry. Try reading The Island at the Center of the World about Nieuw Amsterdam. Greg recommended it to me. It was awesome, and it was all about Dutch people.
Political correctness is the pettiest form of casuistry.

ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius

Ummaka qinnassa nīk!

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