> Expects... Nobody expects the...um...the Spanish...um... =A0 :-)

I think you understand my point :-).

Additional "hard and fast" rules were asked for that people would then
follow closely.
That is always conceivable but seems to be asking for an additonal
burden that could, I'd have thought, been better handled by 'turn the
other cheek' / 'go the second mile' / ' if anyone asks you for your
coat ... ' type responses. Maybe not.

Re the Spanish um ... .

I don't recall being taught about Christopher Columbus at school
(although I probably was) BUT I have always recalled when Christopher
Columbus set sail because of a rhyme passed down from my parents
school years.

           "In sixteen hundred and forty two, Columbus sailed the ocean blu=
e".

It was only quite recently that I came to realise WHY Columbus set
sail when he did. Even I understand, the exact date of his
expedition's departure was set by events quite unrelated to what we
remember him for. Not just the Spanish, but much of Christendom were
part of this rolling event. Pretty sobering in this age, our many
other shortcomings notwithstanding.


            Russell

PS: It would be very very very easy to turn the above into a religious
or political brawl. It should also be possible, should anyone care to,
 to discuss it rationally and reasonably while staying away from
religion and politics.

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