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<TITLE>RE: ANST - Civilizing the Irish (was GULF WAR WEATHER)</TITLE>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>><snip></FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>>>With Norman help, the English are just going to have to civilize </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>>>that island.</FONT>
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<BR><FONT SIZE=2>>>Stefan li Rous</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>>>It is 1150 and the Normans have almost finished civilizing the </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>>>English.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>>Actually, the year is 1290, and the only civilizing effect anyone has ever had on the Irish was</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>>Saint Patrick converting us to Christianity - and all that did was enable us kill our enemies in a >good, Catholic manner. <grin></FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>>Padraig</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>The year is 2000, and nary a one of you has been to the Kelley family reunion. Cultures may have though they civilized the Irish... Let me assure you, they were wrong.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>John Bayne</FONT>
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