Sujet : Re: OT ; Re: The joy of FORTRAN
De : bowman (at) *nospam* montana.com (rbowman)
Groupes : alt.folklore.computers comp.os.linux.miscDate : 04. Oct 2024, 20:44:10
Autres entêtes
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On Fri, 4 Oct 2024 10:44:11 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
Apparently when the Gaulish people were given the option of 40% taxes
and being kept safe by Rome, or paying the people that Rome was keeping
them safe from 15%, strangely they opted for barbarian overlords. Since
Roman civilisation hadn't really done the peasants all that much good
anyway.
The Teutons apparently weren't interested. "where are my legions, Varus?".
Varus had enough honor to fall on his sword something that hasn't happened
recently outside of Japan.