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teh_dumbest_man t1_ixqd8gj wrote

Reply to comment by Sgt_Colon in Why Isn’t the New Testament in Latin? by ItaloSvevo111

Thanks, that is a tiny bit disappointing but not at all surprising to learn. He is a talk radio guy making entertaining content. I wouldn't post that comment in /r/askhistorians , even as a third level comment, but in this more casual sub I'll leave it up.

1/10 is not as much a holocaust as 1/3. Although if somebody wanted to call it a genocide, maybe it would still fit the definition. It's been a couple years since I listened to it, not sure if it had "the intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such".

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No-Free-Lunche t1_ixqcgxv wrote

Reply to Simple/Short/Silly History Questions Saturday! by AutoModerator

Are you familiar with cases of governments which ruled through obfuscation? E.g. all those in power don't rule, only use their power to get budgets, so since the ministers don't care about running their ministries, they agree with each other and others how to run things so they'll take minimal blame and have no liability to maximize their gains.

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In_shpurrs t1_ixqb4sm wrote

Reply to comment by ConsitutionalHistory in Emperor Charles V's secret code cracked after five centuries by IslandChillin

Yes, there are. All you need to do is watch out for the trap of being the most brilliant; much like trying to be the most beautiful: there's always someone more beautiful. Want to be the funniest? There's always someone funnier. Think you're the most brilliant? You'll hit a wall when you mest someone smarter. So it goes.

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