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br> -- Doug Roll br> Jacksonville, Texas /p> p> ST. GEORGE GALLOWAY? br> Re: Hal G.P. Colebatch's Rebranding Saint George : /p>

Maybe it would help the proponents of St. George if they changed their story to suit the multiculturalists who oppose them. First, point out that Richard the Lionheart was gay - that's bound to help the cause. When King Richard was returning from the crusades, he tried to take a short cut by passing through Austria in disguise. Richard had inflicted an egregious insult on the Duke of Austria during the crusades and when the Duke found him in his domains, he had him arrested and imprisoned in a suitably forbidding alpenschloss and demanded payment of a huge ransom. Richard sent a messenger to England to raise the money from the aristocracy and to ensure that the fat cats coughed up, he demanded that they send their sons to join him in Austria as hostages. The fats cats rebelled, "we will send our daughters but not our sons," was their response. Very modern indeed.

Second, point out that Richard was French and not English, it is highly unlikely he even spoke English. Richard's mother was French, he was born in France and lived there all his life, save for two short stays in England. He spent about ten days in England during his coronation and he returned for a few weeks after the Duke of Austria released him from captivity. Richard the Lionheart was as English as a string of onions and a pack of Gauloise.

p>Personally, I don't think these things mean anything at all, but when you are dealing with silly people, telling them silly things that might make them stop from being even sillier is not such a bad thing. br> -- Christopher Holland

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