Reply #348 on: February 11, 2020, 08:02:35 AM
1851, the Younger Brother of Jesus Christ begins the Taiping Rebellion. Perhaps 50 million perish before it is put down in1864.
Lingchi, death by slow slicing, was a preferred form of execution inflicted on rebel leaders. (Hint, hint, Brant.)
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"These things must be done delicately-- or you hurt the spell." - The Wicked Witch of the West.
"We've got the torpedo damage temporarily shored up, the fires out and soon will have the ship back on an even keel. But I would suggest, sir, that if you have to take any more torpedoes, you take 'em on the starboard side." Pops Healy, DCA USS Lexington.