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Old 11-23-2008, 04:26 PM   #97 (permalink)
Seltzer
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Originally Posted by ToeAndno View Post
A lot of people who were right ended up being lynched by the ignorant masses, just look at the astronomers of old.
Take the Italian philosopher and proponent of heliocentrism, Giordano Bruno, as an example. The Church took care of him by nailing his tongue to silence him and burning him at the stake.
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