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From: John Yohalem <>
Subject: Re: Attila the Hun (was: Re: The Principal work of the Vikings)
Date: Wed, 30 Oct 1996 01:32:05 -0500


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> From: Anders Berg <>
> To:
> Subject: Attila the Hun (was: Re: The Principal work of the Vikings)
> Date: Tuesday, October 29, 1996 4:02 PM
>
> At 11.23 1996-10-29 -0500, John Yohalem wrote:
> [much sniping]
> >Naturally the wolves would tell a different story than the squeals of
the
> >sheep do. After all, they were hungry, and the sheep were hardly using
> >their internal organs. I'm sure Anders would also defend the Huns, the
> >Vandals, the Mongols and the railroads who brought civilization to those
> >benighted Indians (at no slight personal profit to themselves of
course).
>
> :-) Well, John, believe what you like. You're constantly avoiding the
point
> I was making. Who wrote the history? How much did they really know about
the
> life of the vikings? Did they have something to gain by painting this
grizzly
> picture of wild barbarian heathens?
>
> And yes, John, I wouldn't be surprised if we have a much too simplified
> picture of the Huns and the Mongols. BTW, wasn't the "Red Indians" a
> barbaric killing menace raping white women only 120 years ago? The more
you
> learn, the less black & white is the picture.
>
> To get back on track, does anyone know anything of Attila's family. Did
he
> have any known descendants?
>
No.

>
> Cheers,
>
> Anders
>
>
> http://www.algonet.se/~anderz

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