The Varangian guard turned out to be, in general, much… healthier for emperors than the former Praetorian guard.

Does it count as violence if I hope (and only that) that “someone” “takes care” of her? Obviously rule of law means nothing to these people so it’s just tit for tat.

Still rocking my 8086K @5Ghz for over 6 years. Best CPU and most stable I’ve ever had, and I’ve been building pc’s since the 90’s (both AMD & Intel). Not willing to shell out for anything new unless this kind of stuff is verifiably fixed.

Remember: today it’s “just” the Palestinians and you may not be affected or care. But tomorrow, it could be you.

“If you don’t fight back, we’ll let you live” For now. Make no mistake about scorpions though.

Conversely, there are many other people from his time that definitely did exist and verifiably so. I have a bronze coin minted in Judea by Pontius Pilatus. I can look at it, I can touch it, it’s real. Even as an avowed agnostic, I see no reason why Jesus couldn’t have been a real person (minus the miracles that were almost certainly later additions).