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Two small details, grits: Hypatia lived almost 400 years before Muhammad; and she was not stoned, but ...

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orejones

In Reply to: RE: "AGORA": $75MM mixed bag . . . posted by mr grits on October 21, 2010 at 17:08:28

...her flesh ripped off her with marine shells, thus setting new meanings for ostracism...
That film is too Hollywoodian, and a lost opportunity to portray one of the most fascinating characters in the History of Science.
BF

Edits: 10/22/10

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Well, I can see how that sea shell thing was softened up . . . - mr grits 09:48:34 10/22/10 (1)
waaay too brutal for the modern Christian mind to accept--like the Inquisition, eh?

The Mohamed comment was Gritsian humor as you well know. His shtick started around 600 AD.

Share a bowl of grits with someone you love tonight.
- The Chinese practiced their version - "One thousand cuts" - way into the 20th century - Victor Khomenko 09:56:52 10/22/10 (0)
  Nothing too brutal for the modern world.
RE: The lost art of arithmetic... 590-390=200... yep... that's almost 400! :) nt - Victor Khomenko 06:27:45 10/22/10 (0)
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