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Subject: Re: Died at sea in 1120 ?
Date: Wed, 23 Jul 1997 22:01:49 GMT
In article <>, Aileen Power <> writes:
>D. Spencer Hines wrote:
>> D DeFrank wrote:
>> > I have absolutely nothing against butchers, or bag ladies. My
>> > comments merely pointed out the vast difference in status and wealth
>> > between the passengers and the claimed sole survivor. If the sole
>> > survivor had been _wealthy_ (before the sinking) or otherwise less
>> > likely to be bribable, I might give his testimony more credence.
>
>If you know anything about history at all then you should be well
>aware that so called wealthy and high placed people were not above
>taking a bribe or two and they also carried out many devious
>deeds.Dishonesty and credibility do not respect the boundaries of social
>and financial status and that has been well documented down through the
>ages. Since your argument is heavily based on this premise, then it
>holds no credence at all.
Since her argument is based not at all on the premise that the wealthy
are immune to bribery your criticism seems to lack credence.
>It is good to have an interest in history and
>there is nothing wrong with not knowing all the answers, so therefore
>ask questions. It's important to base your opinions on fact not
>supposition.
In that case I won't suppose that you haven't read any of the thread
and I won't form an opinion about historians who don't do research
about arguments they are butting into.
i.e. chill out.
>Aileen Power
Real Men change diapers
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