[psychohistory] Two mistakes (fwd)

[Jim Choate]

Psst...I didn't write it.

On Sat, 27 Oct 2001, F. Marc de Piolenc wrote:

> > Jim Choate wrote:
> > 
> > Nations with imperial aspirations, invariably, throughout History
> > change their conscript based army in favor of an army of paid
> > soldiers. Today euphimisticaly called 'profesional' soldiers, but know
> > also as mercenaries and soldiers of fortune in the not-so-distant
> > past. (Note: Ligustically a "soldier" is 'someone-who-is-SOLD'
> > anyway).
> 
> Psst - your ignorance is showing! The French term "soldier" refers to a


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