Re: Indo-European family tree (was Re: Celtic and Afro-Asiatic?)

Roger wrote:
> Joerg wrote:
> > But you offered
> > an explanation by yourself above.  Thomas Wier says that it was
> > "more or less now accepted that the Anglo-Saxons exterminated most
> > of the Romano-Celtic population in Britain".  I am doubtful of that;
>
> Me too; given sufficient numbers, the A-S could simply marginalize the
> natives-- grabbing their lands, competing in the trades, etc.
Look, what I was saying was the opinion of people who've looked
at the question a great deal harder than any of us.  And I did
also include ethnic cleansing as a possibility cited in the literature.
But it would be nice (and polite) if instead of simply denying the
claim, people would, you know, give a reasoned argument against it,
preferably including citations such as I have done.

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