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They were Libertarians
They were fools and lost their liberties by failing to unite to preserve them.
David F Mayer
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9/20/2005 8:02:03 PM
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Athenian Legacies: Essays on the Politics of Going On Together
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LJK
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9/20/2005 1:58:02 PM
To me, the most amazing thing about the Classical Greeks
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David F Mayer
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9/20/2005 4:17:57 PM
They were Libertarians
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alcaray
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9/20/2005 5:48:35 PM
They were fools and lost their liberties by failing to unite to preserve them.
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David F Mayer
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9/20/2005 8:02:03 PM
They were fools? Really?
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DL
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9/21/2005 5:56:32 PM
They were politically inept.
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David F Mayer
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9/22/2005 7:01:27 PM
Would that be the ineptitude that has caused their *political* concepts to flourish for 2,500 years?
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DL
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9/22/2005 8:42:26 PM
Nonsense.
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David F Mayer
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9/23/2005 12:39:31 PM
I hope you come out of that shell someday, start to speak your mind :-)
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McFly
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9/21/2005 5:50:25 PM
There will always be a fond spot in my heart...
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alcaray
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9/21/2005 11:01:47 PM
HabitableZone — be civil, or at least entertaining.