Re: [NTLK] [OT] Etymology of Mathematics. Can't let that slide.

From: Eric Engle (engleerica_at_yahoo.com)
Date: Wed Mar 24 2004 - 09:47:55 PST


Well of course the Aryans stayed! They conquered and stayed. Despite laws about
racial separation they inbred over the centuries. This is why north indians
look like white people with brown skin and black hair.

You could just go to wikipedia...
--- josh musket <jmusket_at_nmu.edu> wrote:
> Eric Engle wrote:
>
> >Of course talking about "aryans" leads to Godwin's law. Silly.
> >
> >No one knows where the invading tribes that occupied northern india came
> from
> >for sure. Speculation ranges as far east as Mongolia, and as far west as the
> >Ukraine.
> >
> >If by "aryan" you mean what most people do then the current view is that
> they
> >did not come from northern india.
> >
> Damn that National Geographic. Actually, though I was hoping that I
> didn't invoke, though if directed in that way, it'd lead to said
> invocation. But now I'm curious - are you saying that while the Aryans
> weren't from N. India, they did have a significant stay there? Just
> wondering. Hopefully we can avoid invoking Godwin's law.
>
> Josh
>
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