From: John Cowan <cowan@ccil.org>
To: Dave Horsfall <dave@horsfall.org>
Cc: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society <tuhs@tuhs.org>
Subject: Re: [TUHS] Alive?
Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2022 17:53:46 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAD2gp_SFe8_knVJM6xj1FxZcineJ7mnz8njKXkL2riVMFwJqfw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.21.9999.2203300742370.29593@aneurin.horsfall.org>
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On Tue, Mar 29, 2022 at 4:46 PM Dave Horsfall <dave@horsfall.org> wrote:
> I'm always amused by people who think that their country's local
> customs (not just DST) are world-wide.
>
THEODOTUS. Caesar: you are a stranger here, and not conversant with our
laws. The kings and queens of Egypt may not marry except with their own
royal blood. Ptolemy and Cleopatra are born king and consort just as they
are born brother and sister.BRITANNUS (shocked).
Caesar: this is not proper.
THEODOTUS (outraged).
How!
CAESAR (recovering his self-possession).
Pardon him. Theodotus: he is a barbarian, and thinks that the customs of
his tribe and island are the laws of nature.BRITANNUS. On the contrary,
Caesar, it is these Egyptians who are barbarians; and you do wrong to
encourage them. I say it is a scandal.
― George Bernard Shaw, Caesar and Cleopatra
<https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/1689832>
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-03-29 21:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 34+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-03-28 21:03 Warren Toomey via TUHS
2022-03-28 21:17 ` Hellwig Geisse
2022-03-28 21:21 ` Steve Nickolas
2022-03-28 21:27 ` Charles H Sauer (he/him)
2022-03-28 21:29 ` Larry McVoy
2022-03-29 1:14 ` Chet Ramey
2022-03-28 21:43 ` Dave Horsfall
2022-03-28 22:24 ` Bakul Shah
2022-03-28 23:23 ` Greg 'groggy' Lehey
2022-03-28 23:29 ` Andrew Hume
2022-03-28 23:56 ` George Michaelson
2022-03-29 0:00 ` Bakul Shah
2022-03-29 0:31 ` Greg 'groggy' Lehey
2022-03-29 0:31 ` [TUHS] Old screen editors Lawrence Stewart
2022-03-29 0:53 ` Charles H Sauer (he/him)
2022-03-29 8:29 ` Rob Pike
2022-03-29 13:24 ` Clem Cole
2022-03-29 8:34 ` George Michaelson
2022-03-29 8:40 ` arnold
2022-03-29 13:45 ` Clem Cole
2022-03-29 14:31 ` Andrew Hume
2022-03-29 14:35 ` arnold
2022-03-29 14:42 ` Andrew Hume
2022-03-30 0:59 ` Mary Ann Horton
2022-03-30 5:11 ` arnold
2022-03-29 12:45 ` Thomas Paulsen
2022-03-29 13:26 ` arnold
2022-03-30 8:37 ` Ralph Corderoy
2022-03-29 1:10 ` [TUHS] Alive? Steve Nickolas
2022-03-29 6:37 ` Henry Mensch
2022-03-29 20:46 ` Dave Horsfall
2022-03-29 21:53 ` John Cowan [this message]
2022-03-28 21:05 Noel Chiappa
2022-03-28 23:10 Noel Chiappa
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