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lifeinkorea
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Location: somewhere in China
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madoka
Joined: 27 Mar 2008
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| ryoga013 wrote: |
He wasnt' that far off, it still refers to disabled persons needing to beg to survive... (alan's def) vs the snopes':
...King Henry knew that the war had left his country with a great number of disabled veterans... King Henry could not envision disabled veterans being able to hold a job, or contribute to society... So King Henry VII ... proclaimed that begging in the streets be legal for people with disabilities. So into the streets, with their "cap in hand", went King Henry's disabled veterans, to beg for money. |
Read the link again. The part you quoted is used as an example of the myth that snopes is proving false. So yeah, he is far off. |
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lifeinkorea
Joined: 24 Jan 2009
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| Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2009 12:32 am Post subject: |
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| madoka wrote: |
| ryoga013 wrote: |
He wasnt' that far off, it still refers to disabled persons needing to beg to survive... (alan's def) vs the snopes':
...King Henry knew that the war had left his country with a great number of disabled veterans... King Henry could not envision disabled veterans being able to hold a job, or contribute to society... So King Henry VII ... proclaimed that begging in the streets be legal for people with disabilities. So into the streets, with their "cap in hand", went King Henry's disabled veterans, to beg for money. |
Read the link again. The part you quoted is used as an example of the myth that snopes is proving false. So yeah, he is far off. |
Hmm, ok, let me get in on this logic train here.
Just because a statement is proven false doesn't preclude the meaning from ever being true under a different premise. It doesn't matter if Snopes was trying to support or oppose it (or maybe I should say validate/invalidate). |
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Forward Observer
Joined: 13 Jan 2009
Location: FOB Gloria
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I saw 2 dwarf/midgets in one week in Kangnam last week. I thought about the OP  |
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kiwispanker
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| so handicapped = equalization...but what does that have to do with leather art performances?? |
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Demophobe
Joined: 17 May 2004
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| Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 2:26 pm Post subject: |
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I know a gay, black, mentally challenged little person...his buddies call him lil'niggafaghandiman.
After I stopped laughing, I realized how offended I was. |
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stonepepe1
Joined: 02 Jul 2008
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| Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 5:52 pm Post subject: |
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| hahahhahhahahhhahahhahhaha |
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kiwispanker
Joined: 10 Mar 2009
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| Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 5:33 pm Post subject: |
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hahahahahahahaha
Bad Demophobe, bad!! |
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mack the knife
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2009 4:53 am Post subject: |
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| his buddies call him lil'niggafaghandiman. |
Holy shit. That's the nickname I gave to my two year old son! |
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