(urth) Short Story 61*: Civis Laputus Sum

Marc Aramini marcaramini at gmail.com
Wed Apr 30 17:22:21 PDT 2014


Seems right to me!  Thanks Tony.  Though Jeremy should strive for more
accuracy; history is written by the winners!!!

On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 3:06 PM, Tony Ellis <tonyellis69 at btopenworld.com>wrote:

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> 3000BC is the rough date that is often given to the expression 'the
> beginning of recorded history', so perhaps that was what he meant. But
> *why* is that date given? Because it's roughly when writing appeared,
> hence 'recorded' history. So I think Jeremy means that people like him
> - the scribes, the scholars - have been the victims for as long as
> their class has existed.
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