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Article #365Re: James Burke
From: gsmith
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 1987 11:04
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 1987 11:04
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In article <547@aw.sei.cmu.edu.sei.cmu.edu> firth@bd.sei.cmu.edu.UUCP (PUT YOUR NAME HERE) writes: >In article <1035@sri-unix.ARPA> salem@sri-unix.UUCP (Bruce B. Salem) writes: >>... like the burning >>of the library at Alexandra by Christians in the Fourth Century? >>Bruce Salem >Agreed that many Christians were (and judging by the Meese Report still are) >inveterate pyromaniacs; but this atrocity was perpetrated by Moslems in the >seventh century. It was committed by various groups at various time for various reasons. The fourth century burning was of a branch library, as the main one had been already totaled by a previous riot (related to the Imperial succession). I believe the Moslem thing is a bum rap; the library was already gone. ucbvax!brahms!gsmith Gene Ward Smith/UCB Math Dept/Berkeley CA 94720 "A good punch in the nose IS often effective communication"-- Ken Arndt
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!watmath!clyde!rutgers!husc6!think!ames!ucbcad!ucbvax!cartan!brahms.Berkeley.EDU!gsmith From: gsmith@brahms.Berkeley.EDU.UUCP Newsgroups: sci.misc Subject: Re: James Burke Message-ID: <921@cartan.Berkeley.EDU> Date: Tue, 10-Feb-87 06:04:30 EST Article-I.D.: cartan.921 Posted: Tue Feb 10 06:04:30 1987 Date-Received: Wed, 11-Feb-87 07:26:38 EST References: <2818@udenva.UUCP> <7008@ut-sally.UUCP> Sender: daemon@cartan.Berkeley.EDU Reply-To: gsmith@brahms.Berkeley.EDU (Gene Ward Smith) Distribution: na Organization: Math Dept. UC Berkeley Lines: 19