Re: OFFTOPIC: gernikako arbola
| From: | Steg Belsky <draqonfayir@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, September 14, 2004, 16:17 |
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On Sep 14, 2004, at 6:07 PM, Christophe Grandsire wrote:
> En réponse à Chris Bates :
>> I was just reading about this... I've never heard of any government
>> apart from this one (the old Basque system) which actually held its
>> meetings under a tree...
> As the story goes, Saint Louis rendered justice under a tree :) .
In the Tanakh (Jewish Bible), book of _Shofetim_ ("Judges"), the
chieftain(ess?) Devora is described as judging the people underneath
her very own personal tree.
-Stephen (Steg)
"the truth is he's a punk."
~ law and order
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