(September 15, 2020 at 6:54 am)Grandizer Wrote:(September 15, 2020 at 6:36 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: 'Based on' and 'modeled on' are probably much too strong, as both imply a level of deliberate action that likely didn't exist. I would expect it has more to do with cultural diffusion than anything else.
Boru
I would suspect the quote in the OP is very misleading and relies a lot on nitpicking, twisting facts, and seeing things that just aren't really there.
Yeah, it seems a bit of a stretch to me as well.
Boru
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