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14. They come with the lateen

Reply to MNBrewer (Reply #11)

Fri Feb 8, 2013, 01:06 AM

Feb 2013

You don't really need one if you only sail with the wind ("large&quot ; you only need them to sail against the wind ("by" -- guess what phrase those lead to?) I guess the Arabs had already invented them, but they didn't make it to Europe until after the crusades.

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Clearly, reestablishing Magna Carta is an unrealistic Left Wing goal.... [View all] Junkdrawer Feb 2013 OP

HUGE K & R !!! - Thank You !!! WillyT Feb 2013 #1

Pffft. Pre - 9/11 thinking. progressoid Feb 2013 #2

"Jury of your peers" was because the King was letting commoners try nobles Recursion Feb 2013 #3

Good reason to get rid of the whole concept of constraint on the power of the executive, right? MNBrewer Feb 2013 #6

The barons were the original teabaggers Recursion Feb 2013 #7

Indeed, Absolute Monarchy IS to be defended MNBrewer Feb 2013 #9

He was never an absolute monarch like in France Recursion Feb 2013 #12

That makes it all better MNBrewer Feb 2013 #13

The Right to a Jury of One's Peers Junkdrawer Feb 2013 #27

It's the word "peers" we got rid of Recursion Feb 2013 #32

The text of the Magna Carta emphasizes "freeman" and seems to use the word peer... Junkdrawer Feb 2013 #33

It's not peers in the sense of "peers of the realm" Recursion Feb 2013 #35

whooo...zlow down there sport Dragonfli Feb 2013 #4

Voting only Democratic is no assurance of "liberal cred" MNBrewer Feb 2013 #10

No you slow down. You think that voting Democratic assures liberal what? rhett o rick Feb 2013 #15

Too subtle for this crowd. Egalitarian Thug Feb 2013 #17

WHOOOOOOOOSSSSSSSHHHHH! kath Feb 2013 #20

Point taken. Progress is not to be measured from where we are... Junkdrawer Feb 2013 #25

Why elect academic scholar of Constitution? tama Feb 2013 #29

Don't forget keel-hauling. nt awoke_in_2003 Feb 2013 #5

Keels hadn't been invented yet Recursion Feb 2013 #8

When were they invented?? MNBrewer Feb 2013 #11

They come with the lateen Recursion Feb 2013 #14

You learn something every day. nt awoke_in_2003 Feb 2013 #22

From his posts you really do. nt Democracyinkind Feb 2013 #26

Let's be international and bring in necklacing. nt OnyxCollie Feb 2013 #16

I had to look that up. I wish I hadn't now. Amimnoch Feb 2013 #28

Small incremental improvements Herlong Feb 2013 #18

This is entirely unrelated Herlong Feb 2013 #19

K&R. Wonderful. JDPriestly Feb 2013 #21

Excellent post. nt awoke_in_2003 Feb 2013 #24

"Don't even use the word free if you don't have an inalienable right to a trial..." Junkdrawer Feb 2013 #30

epic thread Demo_Chris Feb 2013 #23

Here in the country that gave the world Magna Carta...... T_i_B Feb 2013 #31

We are facing a new type of existential threat, an enemy unlike any foe before... Octafish Feb 2013 #34

^ Wilms Feb 2013 #36