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This reminds me of Cyrus the Great being so angry at a river that drowned one of his horse that he spent a summer having his army carve it up into 360 channels.
by RcouF1uZ4gsC 2y ago
This reminds me of Cyrus the Great being so angry at a river that drowned one of his horse that he spent a summer having his army carve it up into 360 channels.
- alephnerd 2y agoOr, in more modern examples - EU Commissioner Von der Leyen lobbying to exterminate wolves in Europe after a wolf killed her family's pony [0][1][2] [0] - https://www.politico.eu/article/ursula-takes-on-the-big-bad-wolf/ https://www.politico.eu/article/ursula-takes-on-the-big-bad-... [1] - https://www.politico.eu/article/von-der-leyen-campaigning-hard-against-the-wolf/ https://www.politico.eu/article/von-der-leyen-campaigning-ha... [2] - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/jan/27/a-wolf-killed-the-eu-presidents-precious-pony-then-the-fight-to-catch-the-predator-began https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/jan/27/a-wolf-k...