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RE: Black death gene code reconstructed
October 12, 2011 at 3:37 pm
I have a book called "In the Wake of the Black Death" that's very interesting that had some information on the fact that some people who managed to survive it may have developed an immunity to AIDS to pass down or something along that line - can't remember the exact details. Remind me to look that up tonight!
Regardless, nice article!
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RE: Black death gene code reconstructed
October 12, 2011 at 6:29 pm
But you missed the answer to the REAL question!
Does the black death virus contain the human gay gene?
That's how "the ghey" spreads, right?
If today you can take a thing like evolution and make it a crime to teach in the public schools, tomorrow you can make it a crime to teach it in the private schools and next year you can make it a crime to teach it to the hustings or in the church. At the next session you may ban books and the newspapers...
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