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Biophilic

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6. What are you muttering about? I have a masters degree in Chinese history.

Reply to DeepWinter (Reply #5)

Wed Jan 29, 2025, 09:51 AM

Jan 2025

History is great, but it should never, ever be an excuse for threatening to take over another country. There are probably some reasons to take over a country, I honestly can't think of any right now, but history itself is not one of them. History is there to teach us about the mistakes and errors of the past as well as the triumphs and joys. Not give us an excuse to run over another country's sovereignty.

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Greenland Poll: 85% to 6% against joining US [View all] Pototan Jan 2025 OP

Who would want to join a country ruled by a criminal dictator? RAB910 Jan 2025 #1

Austria in 1938? Pototan Jan 2025 #2

Well, it's not a new idea DeepWinter Jan 2025 #3

I don't care what the F'ing history is or what so called American interests are. Biophilic Jan 2025 #4

"I don't care what the F'ing history is" DeepWinter Jan 2025 #5

What are you muttering about? I have a masters degree in Chinese history. Biophilic Jan 2025 #6

In recent memory Lithos Jan 2025 #10

Damn, caught by the exception. Biophilic Jan 2025 #11

History is just that, history. What's happening now is what we need to look at. patphil Jan 2025 #7

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They have free college and health care right now JI7 Jan 2025 #14

Why would Greenland want to become part of such a backwards country like the US? Aussie105 Jan 2025 #15