I recall a great argument

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I recall a great argument

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between marduk and RK about the Picts. Too bad they couldn't have been here for this article.

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http://www.independent.co.uk/news/scien ... 86098.html

The Picts have long been regarded as enigmatic savages who fought off Rome's legions before mysteriously disappearing from history, wild tribesmen who refused to sacrifice their freedom in exchange for the benefits of civilisation. But far from the primitive warriors of popular imagination, they actually built a highly sophisticated culture in northern Scotland in the latter half of the first millennium AD, which surpassed their Anglo-Saxon rivals in many respects.
Something is wrong here. War, disease, death, destruction, hunger, filth, poverty, torture, crime, corruption, and the Ice Capades. Something is definitely wrong. This is not good work. If this is the best God can do, I am not impressed.

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Post by Rokcet Scientist »

Interesting. But the main question remains: where did the Picts go? What happened to them?
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A Pict paints a 1000 words?
Maybe Belgum to become painters?
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Post by seeker »

If things were as they are now half the Picts were porn.
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