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Who's Your Favorite Historical Figure?

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Who's Your Favorite Historical Figure?
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RE: Who's Your Favorite Historical Figure?
November 7, 2016 at 1:29 pm
Prester John.
He who loves God cannot endeavour that God should love him in return - Baruch Spinoza
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RE: Who's Your Favorite Historical Figure?
November 7, 2016 at 1:57 pm
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RE: Who's Your Favorite Historical Figure?
November 7, 2016 at 2:33 pm

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RE: Who's Your Favorite Historical Figure?
November 7, 2016 at 2:56 pm
(November 7, 2016 at 2:33 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote:
(November 7, 2016 at 1:57 pm)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote:  I do think the isolationists were losing badly after the Fall of France. Let's go to the polls. (Cherry-picking poll numbers is inevitable, but not advised.)

Maybe you missed it, but I've already made the point that things had changed by 1940:

(October 12, 2016 at 8:24 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: He certainly did as much as he could in 1940, starting with giving US Army and Navy stocks to the UK (necessitating replenishment), signing off on the Two-Ocean Navy bill that was for the time astounding, and a bill calling for 100,000 planes a year to be built by 1945. Also, the draft. [...]

I do appreciate the additional supporting data, thanks.

I made my statement without reference to yours.
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RE: Who's Your Favorite Historical Figure?
November 7, 2016 at 3:23 pm (This post was last modified: November 7, 2016 at 3:25 pm by Thumpalumpacus.)
(November 7, 2016 at 2:56 pm)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote:
(November 7, 2016 at 2:33 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: Maybe you missed it, but I've already made the point that things had changed by 1940:


I do appreciate the additional supporting data, thanks.

I made my statement without reference to yours.

Except that you quoted me, giving the appearance of replying to me. It seemed appropriate for me to point out my earlier post, especially with the unnecessary snark at the end of your reply.

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RE: Who's Your Favorite Historical Figure?
November 7, 2016 at 3:49 pm
(November 7, 2016 at 3:23 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote:
(November 7, 2016 at 2:56 pm)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote: I made my statement without reference to yours.

Except that you quoted me, giving the appearance of replying to me. It seemed appropriate for me to point out my earlier post, especially with the unnecessary snark at the end of your reply.

If I quoted you it was without note of whom I was quoting.
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RE: Who's Your Favorite Historical Figure?
November 7, 2016 at 3:50 pm
" (Cherry-picking poll numbers is inevitable, but not advised.)"

This always happens.
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RE: Who's Your Favorite Historical Figure?
November 7, 2016 at 7:37 pm
(November 7, 2016 at 3:49 pm)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote:
(November 7, 2016 at 3:23 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: Except that you quoted me, giving the appearance of replying to me. It seemed appropriate for me to point out my earlier post, especially with the unnecessary snark at the end of your reply.

If I quoted you it was without note of whom I was quoting.

Duly noted, I guess.

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RE: Who's Your Favorite Historical Figure?
November 7, 2016 at 8:13 pm
(November 7, 2016 at 7:37 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote:
(November 7, 2016 at 3:49 pm)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote: If I quoted you it was without note of whom I was quoting.

Duly noted, I guess.

It's hard to see the whole post on this phone.
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RE: Who's Your Favorite Historical Figure?
November 7, 2016 at 8:23 pm
No prob. I just assume that when the quote is my own, the reply is directed at me. We're good.

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