Thread: So, what exactly is the purpose of government?
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Old 06-15-2005, 11:43 AM
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To pick up little tidbits like that! Other Empires went for a long time, too. Persia, Ottoman, etc. Not quite 3,500, but long enough to be impressive.
our jollies; you wont get me to join in consideration of the relative 'impressive' natures of Empire. I feel we must speak of them for what they were, in human terms; people didnt die less horribly, less agonisingly, just because they did so 'historically'.

I invite you to reconsider...?
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