Destruction of Pompei is 1631 year.

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If we're struggling with a language barrier that's one thing, but if we're actually dealing with a debate tactic that involves avoiding addressing rebuttals by faking a language barrier that's another.

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The English-speaking world doesn't have a monopoly on cranks. Elcano could be both sincere and have difficulty with English.

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But government...is not simply the way we express ourselves collectively but also often the only way we preserve our freedom from private power and its incursions. -- Bill Moyers (quoting John Schwarz)

elcano, why are you trying to discuss a very controversial topic in a language with which you have difficulty?Wouldn't it be better to discuss this with your fellow Russian speakers, and then, once it becomes established there, people who are more fluent can explain it to the rest of us?

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But government...is not simply the way we express ourselves collectively but also often the only way we preserve our freedom from private power and its incursions. -- Bill Moyers (quoting John Schwarz)

Hi, anastasia.I'm just trying to figure out whether elcano is A Very Sincere Messenger Trying To Broadcast An Important Truth Around The World, or whether he's just pulling our collective leg.

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But government...is not simply the way we express ourselves collectively but also often the only way we preserve our freedom from private power and its incursions. -- Bill Moyers (quoting John Schwarz)