Date: 13 Sep 2001 13:26:44 +0200 From: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org> To: Bill Moran <wmoran@iowna.com> Cc: Paul Robinson <paul@akita.co.uk>, Milo Hyson <milo@cyberlifelabs.com>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Helping victims of terror Message-ID: <xzpofofwcuj.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> In-Reply-To: <01091306401000.11655@proxy.the-i-pa.com> References: <20010912215547.98067.qmail@web20806.mail.yahoo.com> <01091219512600.11358@proxy.the-i-pa.com> <20010913102807.A369@jake.akitanet.co.uk> <01091306401000.11655@proxy.the-i-pa.com>
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Bill Moran <wmoran@iowna.com> writes: > I would suggest reviewing your history. Nobody was sure who assisinated > the Archduke of Austria, and yet WW I started. Although I agree with your point, I'd say you're the one who needs to review your history; Duke Ferdinand's murderer, Gavrilo Princip, was apprehended on the scene, and turned out to be a South Slav student acting (as far as can be determined) on his own initiative. That said, Ferdinand's death had no real significance in and of itself, but served only as a (semi-)plausible excuse for Austria- Hungary to declare war on Serbia. The ultimatum that Serbia was given in late July was only a formality; it was intended to be rejected, and was indeed promptly rejected, but it did play a significant part in that it ruined the element of surprise from which Austria-Hungary might have benefited. DES -- Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@ofug.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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