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farnival
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posted 19 December 2007 07:56 AM
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Originally posted by M. Spector:
Ross Perot's copy of the Magna Carta is up for sale.Got $30 million to spend on a scrap of vellum?
this is my favorite part from the article: quote:
...News of the sale of the Magna Carta roused some correspondents to the Times to a fever of indignant, nationalistic fury. According to J. Roberts of Manchester: "The fact that one of the greatest documents of democracy ever written is to be sold at a crass and vulgar auction by some crass and vulgar Americans says everything you need to know about American 'culture' and what their brand of ugly capitalism means for the world."J. Roberts overlooked the fact that the Charter was sold to its current American owners by members of the English aristocracy in the mid-1980s (confirming Magna Carta’s original intent: to increase the wealth and power of the peerage).
From: where private gain trumps public interest, and apparently that's just dandy. | Registered: Jul 2004
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unionist
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Babbler # 11323
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posted 19 December 2007 09:59 AM
This is my favourite passage from Magna Carta: quote:
If one who has borrowed from the Jews any sum, great or small, die before that loan be repaid, the debt shall not bear interest while the heir is under age, of whomsoever he may hold; and if the debt fall into our hands, we will not take anything except the principal sum contained in the bond. And if anyone die indebted to the Jews, his wife shall have her dower and pay nothing of that debt; and if any children of the deceased are left under age, necessaries shall be provided for them in keeping with the holding of the deceased; and out of the residue the debt shall be paid, reserving, however, service due to feudal lords; in like manner let it be done touching debts due to others than Jews.
I wonder if I could make a claim here? Is there a statute of limitations?
From: Vote QS! | Registered: Dec 2005
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sgm
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posted 19 December 2007 10:51 AM
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Originally posted by unionist:
I wonder if I could make a claim here? Is there a statute of limitations?
Dating to 1287, according to this wikipedia entry: quote:
While in Gascony in 1287, Edward ordered English Jews expelled. All their property was seized by the crown and all outstanding debts payable to Jews were transferred to the King’s name.
The expulsion actually took place in 1290, IIRC. I once toured the site of the appalling 1190 massacre of the Jews of York: a sobering reminder of the intolerance of the age.
From: I have welcomed the dawn from the fields of Saskatchewan | Registered: Apr 2004
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