[OT] Raising the Double-headed Eagle on the Theodosian Walls, was Re: Roger's Quiz :-(
From: John Atkinson <johnmatkinson@y...>
Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2002 23:48:26 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [OT] Raising the Double-headed Eagle on the Theodosian Walls, was Re: Roger's Quiz :-(
--- Laserlight <laserlight@quixnet.net> wrote:
> > [1]Is it really a revolution if you're reinstating
> > something that's over 2,000 years old?
>
> I think the key point is "something that hasn't been
> around for 550
> years," But you could call it a counterrevolution
> if you like.
Yeah, well, so I make the usual Marxist use of that
phrase look silly. Turning the clock back 70 years in
a backwoods part of the Roman commonwealth isn't
counterrevolution, but blowing those damn minarets off
IS!!
John
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