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Pole who burned himself to protest the 1968 Soviet invasion [81]
The above is in reference to the stoning of Mary Magdalene, at this point in time were not burning/drowning (by the way drowning was a more popular choice than burning) witches in England quite the opposite..they were held in high esteem, which means we were slightly more civilsed then
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witchcraft_Act
we dont burn witches anymore but they still stone women..
"Slightly less civilsed" is more precise than "uncivilised" then, I think :)
Iran, for example, is a successor to an ancient civilization and culture.
So thanks for making me realise that we were more civilsed back then
Apparently you weren't:
and still are.
And modest too, as always :)
By the way, do you actually know why this period of time is referred to as the "Dark Ages"?
I think I do :)
Its rather an antiquated term, most inteligent people refer to it as the Saxon and Viking peroid.
Is this some kind of clumsy try at claiming I'm not intelligent? :)
Well, you see, I'm not a native speaker of English :) In Polish we call it "Średniowiecze" (Middle Ages). I've heard two terms in English for this period: "Dark Ages" and "Middle Ages". I was referring to Europe in general, not only to England, so I see no reason why I should write "The Saxon and Viking period", as it is apparently some kind of local British term, not general European.
As to the idot that set himself on fire...FFS..they should have left him to it! Selfish b*stard!
You mean him?:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Th%C3%ADch_Qu%E1%BA%A3ng_%C4%90%E1%BB%A9c
Btw, you didn't answer my question:
In the US even in the second half of the 20th century they still had racial segregation. Do you consider that "civilised"? Was the US "civilised" at that time?
Would you say corrida is civilised?
And one more thing:
We dont do martyrs in the west..
No it wasnt..there are ways in a civilised world of achieving things...Indian girls in villages married off to abusive men resort to this..not grown educated men in Europe...Surely you have to agree with me?
According to this list there was a number of self-immolations of "grown educated men in Europe" in the "civilised Western world", including the UK:
Apologies, but with all the Poland bashing on this forum, and there were few more countries in there than Poland it just seems like an easy trap to fall into, in my defence I was trying to get rid of my post, but it was too late:)
No problem, I understand :)
