Re: Chez Watt Re: OT: Holocaust denier get three years jail.

In article <dug28s$34k$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
John Wilkins <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Cyde Weys wrote:
Sayeth Deadrat:

"Cyde Weys" <cydeweys@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Sayeth John Wilkins:

unrestrained_hand@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
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Remember; when it comes to historical revisionism, one man's Mede
is another man's Persian.
If that is original, I am unable to strangle you for clapping. If
it's not, I am jealous that I didn't steal it first.
Would you mind explaining it? I don't know who Mede is and Persian
is an ethnicity ... is this another one of your puns?
Oh, you bet. The Medes and Persians were two ancient peoples from the
area that's Iran today. They were antagonists but eventually were
united in one kingdom by Cyrus the Great. This about 2500 ago. Since
in English 'Mede' sounds like 'meat' and 'Persian' sounds somewhat
like 'poison,' the saying becomes a pun on the saying 'One man's meat
is another man's poison.'

Wow, I missed that pun on all levels. I've never heard of the Medes (and
thus didn't know about their conflict with the Persians) and I've never
heard the expression "One man's meat is another man's poison."


Well, one man's mode is another man's en passant...

A pawn, my word.

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"The power of the Executive to cast a man into prison without formulating any
charge known to the law, and particularly to deny him the judgement of his
peers, is in the highest degree odious and is the foundation of all totali-
tarian government whether Nazi or Communist." -- W. Churchill, Nov 21, 1943

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