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Originally Posted by DanaC
I mean .... a donation would probably be welcomed and in order, but ... that's a very thin justification for such a vast sum of money.
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. Yeah, a great reason to donate other peoples money.
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One would almost think the French had acted purely out of a sense of common good in entering the revolutionary war - as opposed to acting primarily out of a desire for vengeance against Britain- or are we to believe the House of Bourbon had a some great regard for right of representation and freedom for colonies?
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High school American history class they said it was 85% to tie up some of England's forces, especially the Navy, and 15% the enemy of my enemy. That may have just been my teacher's take on it though.
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Contribute because Notre Dame is one of the world's great treasures and because the US was born of old Europe and still holds some kinship to that - but almost a fifth of the rebuild costs? c'mon.
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Being neither French nor Catholic, and knowing it will get done, I feel my charity should be directed at causes not receiving world wide publicity.