and so now there in a connection in my mind between Geronimo and Hieronymus BoschThe name by which Geronimo is remembered was supposedly bestowed on him by a detachment of Mexican soldiers so stunned by the ferocity of his resistance that they repeatedly invoked the name of St. Jerome against him.
Jerry doesn't sound very fierce
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Jerry doesn't sound very fierce
Today I learned that Geronimo got his name from St. Jerome
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feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive
The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.
feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive
The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.
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Re: Jerry doesn't sound very fierce
I think it's likely that Joe Yancey, my great-great-grandfather called him something else when he and his tribe stole more of his mules.themanintheseersuckersuit wrote:Today I learned that Geronimo got his name from St. Jerome
and so now there in a connection in my mind between Geronimo and Hieronymus BoschThe name by which Geronimo is remembered was supposedly bestowed on him by a detachment of Mexican soldiers so stunned by the ferocity of his resistance that they repeatedly invoked the name of St. Jerome against him.
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But no connection to them and my friend Jerronimo Martin-Dean, as far as I know.themanintheseersuckersuit wrote:and so now there in a connection in my mind between Geronimo and Hieronymus Bosch
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Re: Jerry doesn't sound very fierce
GeroniMoFo?Bob Juch wrote:I think it's likely that Joe Yancey, my great-great-grandfather called him something else when he and his tribe stole more of his mules.
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