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tod
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response 60 of 95:
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Nov 4 18:15 UTC 2003 |
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keesan
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response 61 of 95:
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Nov 4 18:41 UTC 2003 |
Living along with just Indians sounds like living alone with just a houseful
of servants. Odd attitude.
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tod
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response 62 of 95:
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Nov 4 18:59 UTC 2003 |
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rcurl
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response 63 of 95:
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Nov 4 19:18 UTC 2003 |
Re #61: I don't understand? The Indians weren't servants. It would have
been like many people today that have gone to live with various insular
tribes around the world today, for one reason or another.
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anderyn
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response 64 of 95:
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Nov 4 19:39 UTC 2003 |
I wonder if he was a modern Druid (the Druids were said to use apples in the
wir worship, and the Celtic Church used cider as its communion drink,
according to the book I've been reading "In the Devil's Garden".
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keesan
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response 65 of 95:
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Nov 4 20:49 UTC 2003 |
If you are with people of 'inferior' social rank, some people consider
themselves to be all alone. Savages don't rank as people any more than wild
animals do.
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tod
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response 66 of 95:
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Nov 4 23:45 UTC 2003 |
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rcurl
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response 67 of 95:
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Nov 5 05:48 UTC 2003 |
Re #65: I'm surprised that you think that way. It would never have
occurred to me. What are "savages"? Do you mean peoples that don't have
the wealth and education that we have? Your ancestors lived like that, and
lived family lives, and laughed, and bred (or you wouldn't be here). So,
there are people that have live rougher existences than you and I. I
think, however, that referring to any such peoples as "savages" is only an
exhibition of ignorance.
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mcnally
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response 68 of 95:
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Nov 5 06:25 UTC 2003 |
re #67: she could have been clearer, but try reading 65 again without
interpreting the sentiments as Sindi's but as Sindi's guess at the likely
sentiments of those who romanticized Johnny Appleseed as having lived
"alone" in the wilderness.
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gelinas
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response 69 of 95:
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Nov 5 06:28 UTC 2003 |
(He probably did live alone, with wild animals visiting more frequently than
Indians.)
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rcurl
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response 70 of 95:
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Nov 5 06:34 UTC 2003 |
Re #68: yes, #65 could be interpreted that way, but #61 seemed to
indicate a more personal opinion on the matter.
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mcnally
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response 71 of 95:
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Nov 5 07:42 UTC 2003 |
Again, I think #61 is a bit muddled, but as I read it (my interpretation
influenced by my knowledge of Sindi) I don't read it as a comparison
between Indians and servants, but between two different (false in her
opinion) kinds of living alone.
Try:
"Living alone" with "just" Indians sounds like "living alone" with
"just" a houseful of servants.
Anyway, from what I know of Sindi I'm assuming that's what she meant,
but I agree that both comments read very oddly and are quite prone to
disagreeable misinterpretations.
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keesan
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response 72 of 95:
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Nov 5 15:40 UTC 2003 |
Thank you Mike. I have been reading too many 19th centural English novels.
And things like Father Brown and Agatha Christie, where 'nobody' was there
(just the servants). There was a long period when many European were of the
view that if you were an African, you were not really human. I don't know
if they regarded the North American natives the same way.
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tod
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response 73 of 95:
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Nov 5 18:17 UTC 2003 |
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keesan
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response 74 of 95:
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Nov 5 21:45 UTC 2003 |
I guess Jim an I are either retired or insane. Between us we have planted
dozens of trees. Not apples, but a pear, three plums, six hazel-filbert
hybrids, four pawpaws, two persimmons, three apricots. And bushes.
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aaron
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response 75 of 95:
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Nov 5 21:58 UTC 2003 |
Are we taking a poll? I guess I vote for "insane". ;)
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cross
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response 76 of 95:
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Nov 5 22:28 UTC 2003 |
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keesan
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response 77 of 95:
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Nov 5 23:18 UTC 2003 |
Jim plants things thoroughly, which means digging down through any rocky areas
so the roots will be able to grow downwards, and three feet in diameter holes,
and adding compost. It can be difficult to dig in dry clay. We have a friend
who has planted hundreds of pawpaw trees but some of them were planted in
trenches as a hedge.
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rcurl
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response 78 of 95:
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Nov 6 01:57 UTC 2003 |
For some years we bought (small) live conifers to use as Xmas trees, and
then planted them outside. We now have a jungle around the house of
too-close and quite large trees. (When we figured we had run out of room
we got an artifical tree.)
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tod
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response 79 of 95:
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Nov 6 19:22 UTC 2003 |
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rcurl
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response 80 of 95:
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Nov 6 20:28 UTC 2003 |
No - only our sewer line. However I do not think the trees we planted are
near those, because of the locations of the gas and water meters in the house.
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tod
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response 81 of 95:
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Nov 6 20:57 UTC 2003 |
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twenex
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response 82 of 95:
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Nov 9 08:25 UTC 2003 |
Salt was probably taxed right through the British Empire, not just
in India. The reason why the taxation of salt during the British
Raj is familiar is because Gandhi marched to the sea to collect salt
in violation of the taxation rules, as part of his campaign of civil
disobedience.
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gregb
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response 83 of 95:
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Nov 24 15:50 UTC 2003 |
Maybe this item should be renamed "Historical Item."
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naftee
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response 84 of 95:
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Nov 25 01:12 UTC 2003 |
NO, I OBJECT
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