[lit-ideas] Re: See SAW
- From: "Andy Amago" <aamago@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 5 May 2006 18:17:32 -0400
Civilization has come a long way, hasn't it?
> [Original Message]
> From: Eric Yost <eyost1132@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: 5/5/2006 3:15:12 PM
> Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: See SAW
>
> Judy: Yes, we invented concentration camps. A
> shameful part of our history.
>
>
> Nah, you Brits merely gave it a name.
>
> The ancient Assyrians used forced resettlement.
> Their captives were led away like animals, with
> iron bits drilled through their jaws, leashed to
> horses and chariots. They were often marched to
> death.
>
> The Assyrians didn't call their resettled
> populations "camps."
>
>
>
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