From: fournet.arnaud
Message: 58582
Date: 2008-05-18
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From: "Patrick Ryan" <proto-language@...>
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> Patrick:
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> Because of Alsace and Lorraine, and the loss of 1870, the French were
> willing to participate in a plot to destroy Germany as England's
> commercial rival and competitor in Africa.
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I suppose all beloved moderators will kindly remind us that this is not
exactly the place for this kind of discussion.
But I suppose the European countries have been competing against one another
for a very long time.
And so do their languages, to put the whole thing back on linguistic tracks.
You must have noticed that English won against everybody by KO.
As regards your statement above,
I don't understand it,
I can hardly imagine the plot of destroying Germany (seems impossible)
and being allied with our most loved enemy (sounds odd).
Arnaud
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> Patrick:
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> What are the "deeper" causes for the French people mobilizing behind a
> Corsican for power and pillage?
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Freedom,
The right for people to choose their own future
without being the property of royal families.
Things that are the present of Europe,
Arnaud
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