From: The Reid on
Following up to A Human Being

>> that meaning of "say" is in the dictionary, numbnuts
>
>So you have no idea what history says, you were merely quoting what you
>read somewhere.

i wasnt quoting anything, I was pointing out the earlier post was
completely understandable and that "history says" is synonymous
with "history books tell us", numbnuts.
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From: barney2 on
In article <1154948260.051209.260730(a)m79g2000cwm.googlegroups.com>,
justahumanbeing1(a)hotmail.com (A Human Being) wrote:

> *From:* "A Human Being" <justahumanbeing1(a)hotmail.com>
> *Date:* 7 Aug 2006 03:57:40 -0700
>
>
> The Reid wrote:
> > Following up to A Human Being
> >
> > >Are you the owner of r.t.e and the people who post here your slaves
> > who
> > >must do your bidding and express only the opinions you like ?
> >
> > you haven't noticed that you "two" are laughed at by *everybody*
>
> Hyenas go about in herds.

Packs.
From: The Reid on
Following up to barney2(a)cix.compulink.co.uk

>Packs.

great minds!
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From: Dave Frightens Me on
On 7 Aug 2006 01:42:58 -0700, "A Human Being"
<justahumanbeing1(a)hotmail.com> wrote:

>Dave Frightens Me wrote:
>> On Sun, 06 Aug 2006 20:27:34 +0200, Mxsmanic <mxsmanic(a)gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >Dave Frightens Me writes:
>> >
>> >> Sport provides a civilised means of competition. This is of enormous
>> >> value, as the British empire demonstrated.
>> >
>> >Sport was of enormous value to the British Empire?
>>
>> Yes. Read and you will learn.
>>
>> >There are many forms of competition that seem civilized enough to me.
>> >Sport is unique in that it is competition that serves no useful
>> >purpose ... and it isn't always civilized.
>>
>> The purpose it serves is slighty abstract, so I don't expect you to
>> understand, but I will give you a chance.
>>
>> Tensions are much better released on the playing field than at war.
>> Simple as that really.
>>
>> >> Then you would have a heap of unemployed soldiers and arms
>> >> manufacturers, so the point is moot.
>> >
>> >That's better than having a heap of dead soldiers.
>>
>> History says otherwise.
>
>According to me history doesn't say anything. Its just events that
>happened.

A very Mixi-esque thing to say.

>But what according to you does history say, since you think
>it does ?

It says that you and Mixi are too close for my comfort.
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From: A Human Being on

barney2(a)cix.compulink.co.uk wrote:
> In article <1154948260.051209.260730(a)m79g2000cwm.googlegroups.com>,
> justahumanbeing1(a)hotmail.com (A Human Being) wrote:
>
> > *From:* "A Human Being" <justahumanbeing1(a)hotmail.com>
> > *Date:* 7 Aug 2006 03:57:40 -0700
> >
> >
> > The Reid wrote:
> > > Following up to A Human Being
> > >
> > > >Are you the owner of r.t.e and the people who post here your slaves
> > > who
> > > >must do your bidding and express only the opinions you like ?
> > >
> > > you haven't noticed that you "two" are laughed at by *everybody*
> >
> > Hyenas go about in herds.
>
> Packs.

Both words mean the same thing, though its true `pack' is used to
denote a group of hyenas, wolves etc.