13th Century Mass Murderer Identified By Modern 'Criminal' Investigation.

[garbon]

Actually given that it is easy, will Meri please clear up for me who killed Lord Darnley, ordered the hit on Andrew (Duke of Calabria), and where those princes in the tower went?

I forgot that this was Languish, where words mean whatever others want them to mean, rather than how they were used in sentences.

So learning about royalty and wars is not easy? And the information is not handy?

[garbon]

I am not going to read it, but how the hell, has the thread about a cool thing turned into Meri-bashing after she mentioned her cool interest in a cool period?

What a sorry-ass place this can be at times.

Yes, it is rather sad if you look at it way.   

And if people actually read what Meri posted in reply to my comment, rather than someone else's version of it, they'd see what an odd reactive mentality is being expressed in this thread.

TBH, I thought you and Meri to be sounding rather dismissive about the part of history I like most, but wouldn't have said anything if Valmy hadn't gotten angry.

[mongers]

Actually given that it is easy, will Meri please clear up for me who killed Lord Darnley, ordered the hit on Andrew (Duke of Calabria), and where those princes in the tower went?

I forgot that this was Languish, where words mean whatever others want them to mean, rather than how they were used in sentences.

So learning about royalty and wars is not easy? And the information is not handy?

Do carry on digging, or is it building a bridge, or maybe a sniper's nest ?

[garbon]

Actually given that it is easy, will Meri please clear up for me who killed Lord Darnley, ordered the hit on Andrew (Duke of Calabria), and where those princes in the tower went?

I forgot that this was Languish, where words mean whatever others want them to mean, rather than how they were used in sentences.

So learning about royalty and wars is not easy? And the information is not handy?

Do carry on digging, or is it building a bridge, or maybe a sniper's nest ?

Well either she meant what she said when she said it was easy and the information is handy or she didn't. Is there some other meaning for what those words mean?

[mongers]

I am not going to read it, but how the hell, has the thread about a cool thing turned into Meri-bashing after she mentioned her cool interest in a cool period?

What a sorry-ass place this can be at times.

Yes, it is rather sad if you look at it way.   

And if people actually read what Meri posted in reply to my comment, rather than someone else's version of it, they'd see what an odd reactive mentality is being expressed in this thread.

TBH, I thought you and Meri to be sounding rather dismissive about the part of history I like most, but wouldn't have said anything if Valmy hadn't gotten angry.

I say it again, how do you get that, from me saying "A nice contrast.." ?

[garbon]

I am not going to read it, but how the hell, has the thread about a cool thing turned into Meri-bashing after she mentioned her cool interest in a cool period?

What a sorry-ass place this can be at times.

Yes, it is rather sad if you look at it way.   

And if people actually read what Meri posted in reply to my comment, rather than someone else's version of it, they'd see what an odd reactive mentality is being expressed in this thread.

TBH, I thought you and Meri to be sounding rather dismissive about the part of history I like most, but wouldn't have said anything if Valmy hadn't gotten angry.

I say it again, how do you get that, from me saying "A nice contrast.." ?

Because you stated the latter bit as entirely formulaic. You even reduced many of the inputs to symbols (letters).  And then Meri followed up by saying that sort of stuff was easy.

[merithyn]

So learning about royalty and wars is not easy? And the information is not handy?

The information is far more handy than on the topics that I find interesting, yes. Am I mistaken on this? If so, please, share where all of this mountain of information on 13th-century British serfs is, because I've been beating my head against a brick wall for two decades! It would sure help me a lot!

Learning about royalty (who, what, where, why) and wars (who, what, where, why) is easy. Getting into the nitty-gritty of it, not so much. But again, I don't really care about that stuff. And the reality is that there are dozens upon dozens of historians who work very hard to figure that kind of stuff out, so even if you don't want to go through the papers and codices yourself, someone else has already probably done so. The stuff I want to learn? Not so much.

Which has been my point from the beginning. I don't really care about that stuff, and if I did, it would be easier to learn more about it than the stuff that I do actually care about.

I wasn't sniping at those who enjoy those things. I was stating my personal preference. If you guys took offense to that, well, fuck. Get over yourselves. It was never about you.

[mongers]

I am not going to read it, but how the hell, has the thread about a cool thing turned into Meri-bashing after she mentioned her cool interest in a cool period?

What a sorry-ass place this can be at times.

Yes, it is rather sad if you look at it way.   

And if people actually read what Meri posted in reply to my comment, rather than someone else's version of it, they'd see what an odd reactive mentality is being expressed in this thread.

TBH, I thought you and Meri to be sounding rather dismissive about the part of history I like most, but wouldn't have said anything if Valmy hadn't gotten angry.

I say it again, how do you get that, from me saying "A nice contrast.." ?

Because you stated the latter bit as entirely formulaic. You even reduced many of the inputs to symbols (letters).  And then Meri followed up by saying that sort of stuff was easy.

Do carry on, you're constructing an epic papier-mâché bridge over what you think I said and meant.

[garbon]

Do carry on, you're constructing an epic papier-mâché bridge over what you think I said and meant.

Hey, I believe you if that isn't what you intended - I'm just explaining how I perceived it. I don't think that has anything to do with building epic bridges.

[garbon]

If you guys took offense to that, well, fuck. Get over yourselves. It was never about you.

Calm down, you're acting emotional.

*Actually I didn't want to say that, and feel bad that I did, but then you are the one getting heated.

[The Brain]

History that isn't about Charles XII is lame.

[merithyn]

If you guys took offense to that, well, fuck. Get over yourselves. It was never about you.

Calm down, you're acting emotional.

*Actually I didn't want to say that, and feel bad that I did, but then you are the one getting heated.

Wow. Really. I get attacked because of my personal interests, I defend myself against those attacks, and this is how you - really, you? - respond?

I don't know why this still surprises me, and yet, everytime, it does.

[The Brain]

History that is about Timur is lame.

[garbon]

If you guys took offense to that, well, fuck. Get over yourselves. It was never about you.

Calm down, you're acting emotional.

*Actually I didn't want to say that, and feel bad that I did, but then you are the one getting heated.

Wow. Really. I get attacked because of my personal interests, I defend myself against those attacks, and this is how you - really, you? - respond?

I don't know why this still surprises me, and yet, everytime, it does.

I think we have a different definition of attacks and I don't think anything here stemmed from you being interested in a different facet of history. Also, you're the one who escalated to foul language.

[mongers]

History that is about Timur is lame.

Don't you dare say anything about the medieval wine trade or your have JR on your case.