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coolsage
Joined: 28 Jan 2003
Location: The overcast afternoon of the soul
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| Manly: Fine research on your part. The nearest equivalent to the Korean experience that I could think of, at the time. Now would you care to Google up Belgium? Now there's a place that has changed hands more than a few times in its long history. |
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manlyboy
Joined: 01 Aug 2004
Location: Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
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| Posted: Wed Oct 20, 2004 7:26 pm Post subject: |
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| Manly: Fine research on your part. The nearest equivalent to the Korean experience that I could think of, at the time. Now would you care to Google up Belgium? Now there's a place that has changed hands more than a few times in its long history. |
Don't think I need to google up Belgium. I learned in History of Western Civilisation 101 that the Belgae tribe, along with every other Gaulish tribe surrounding them, was well and truly appropriated-and-assimilated by the Romans, lead by one Julius Caesar, in around 50 BC.
They adopted Roman ways en masse, eventually attained Roman citizenship, and even provided the empire with several Gaulish born-and-bred emperors. Linguistically, whatever language they spoke before Caesar got there is long gone. They were completely romanized, and stood as a part of the united Roman empire until Barbarian tribes conquered them by force. They became Barbarian subjects, and eventually adopted their languages, but truly retained a Romanic cultural identity.
Belgium as we know it today, just like most of western Europe, is very much a cultural descendant of the Roman empire. |
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Hollywoodaction
Joined: 02 Jul 2004
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| Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2004 5:38 am Post subject: |
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There is no such thing as 'pure blood'. As someone said earlier, the notion is fascist propaganda.
There has always been 'foreigners' coming to Korea, and I'm sure many have stayed and started families. Except during a short period during the reign of a particularly xenophobic king, Korea never really was the Hermit Kingdom. I've also ready somewhere that Korea was a favored destination by Arab artists and poets during the Chilla period. One of the most famous Arab writer of the time has even written books about his travels in Korean.
I've also read somewhere that Koreans have genetic traits that are typical of Pacific Islanders, with a higher percentage of the population in the southern part of the peninsula possessing these genes. |
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coolsage
Joined: 28 Jan 2003
Location: The overcast afternoon of the soul
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| Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2004 7:49 am Post subject: |
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| manlyboy wrote: |
| coolsage wrote: |
| Manly: Fine research on your part. The nearest equivalent to the Korean experience that I could think of, at the time. Now would you care to Google up Belgium? Now there's a place that has changed hands more than a few times in its long history. |
Don't think I need to google up Belgium. I learned in History of Western Civilisation 101 that the Belgae tribe, along with every other Gaulish tribe surrounding them, was well and truly appropriated-and-assimilated by the Romans, lead by one Julius Caesar, in around 50 BC.
They adopted Roman ways en masse, eventually attained Roman citizenship, and even provided the empire with several Gaulish born-and-bred emperors. Linguistically, whatever language they spoke before Caesar got there is long gone. They were completely romanized, and stood as a part of the united Roman empire until Barbarian tribes conquered them by force. They became Barbarian subjects, and eventually adopted their languages, but truly retained a Romanic cultural identity.
Belgium as we know it today, just like most of western Europe, is very much a cultural descendant of the Roman empire. |
Once again, a fine piece of research, but incomplete. Might have to mark you down on this one. Here's your makeup test: explain how Belgium came to be a nation almost equally divided between French-speaking Walloons and Dutch-speaking Flemish. Take all the time you need. Cheers. |
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manlyboy
Joined: 01 Aug 2004
Location: Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
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| Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2004 7:56 pm Post subject: |
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| Once again, a fine piece of research, but incomplete. Might have to mark you down on this one. Here's your makeup test: explain how Belgium came to be a nation almost equally divided between French-speaking Walloons and Dutch-speaking Flemish. Take all the time you need. Cheers. |
Hang on a second! Why do I feel like I've just fallen for the old puppet-on-a-string routine here? You're the puppet master, and I'm the marionette, right? If so, I take my hat off to you, sir. You got me. 
If not: How about you establish your position beyond more than a single sentence first? An argument is a collected series of statements intended to establish a proposition. Your position of "Yeah, but what about X" doesn't quite cut it.
I'll take the time to make a rebuttal, if you take the time to write something rebuttal-worthy.  |
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coolsage
Joined: 28 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2004 11:44 pm Post subject: |
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| Once again, a fine piece of research, but incomplete. Might have to mark you down on this one. Here's your makeup test: explain how Belgium came to be a nation almost equally divided between French-speaking Walloons and Dutch-speaking Flemish. Take all the time you need. Cheers. |
Hang on a second! Why do I feel like I've just fallen for the old puppet-on-a-string routine here? You're the puppet master, and I'm the marionette, right? If so, I take my hat off to you, sir. You got me.
If not: How about you establish your position beyond more than a single sentence first? An argument is a collected series of statements intended to establish a proposition. Your position of "Yeah, but what about X" doesn't quite cut it.
I'll take the time to make a rebuttal, if you take the time to write something rebuttal-worthy. |
All right, fair enough; you caught me. I think that your scholarship is admirable, and I could be rightfully accused of mining the contents of your brain. Keep up the fine work that you do here; if you're ever in the Lake City, I'd like to buy you a beer and plumb further depths. By the way, what's up with those Walloons? Cheers. |
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