From: jon+usenet@unequivocal.eu 
  
 On 2025-08-24, Spike  wrote: 
 > Jon Ribbens  wrote: 
 >> On 2025-08-24, Spike  wrote: 
 >>> Jon Ribbens  wrote: 
 >>>> On 2025-08-24, Spike  wrote: 
 >>>>> Jethro_uk  wrote: 
 >>>>>> On Sun, 24 Aug 2025 12:51:33 +0100, JNugent wrote: 
 >>>>> 
 >>>>> [€€€] 
 >>>>> 
 >>>>>>> Good. Otherwise, in order to be consistent, you'd have had to go 
 about 
 >>>>>>> removing the "Palestinian" flags said to be on display from some 
 >>>>>>> streetlamp standards. 
 >>>>> 
 >>>>>> You are aware that the flag of the Feast of St. George - a Palestinian 
 >>>>>> celebration - is also the St. Georges flag ? 
 >>>>> 
 >>>>> AI returned this quoted below, it doesn€€€t mention Palestine: 
 >>>> 
 >>>> So what? AI is of no use whatsoever except perhaps to suggest sources 
 >>>> to go look at, provided that you don't mind it will sometimes suggest 
 >>>> sources that it made up. 
 >>>> 
 >>>> Details of the life of St George are unclear, but some sources say that 
 >>>> his mother was from Syria Palaestina, and that he lived and died there. 
 >>>> So it would seem pretty reasonable to describe him as Palestinian. 
 >>>> 
 >>>> If you really like AI though, if you ask Google "Was St George 
 >>>> Palestinian?" its AI's answer begins "Yes". 
 >>> 
 >>> AI, when asked the birthplace of St George without suggesting a place: 
 >>> 
 >>> €€€St. George is traditionally believed to have been born in Cappadocia, 
 a 
 >>> region in modern-day Turkey. His birth is often dated to the late 3rd 
 >>> century AD. While specific details about his early life are scarce and 
 >>> often shrouded in legend, Cappadocia is recognized as his birthplace in 
 >>> many hagiographies and Christian traditions.€€€ 
 >>> 
 >>> Cappadocia is a long way from Palestine. 
 >> 
 >> I didn't say he was born there. I said his mother was from there and 
 >> that he lived and died there. 
 > 
 > Here we go again€€€ 
 > 
 > You said, already quoted above, €€€Details of the life of St George are 
 > unclear, but some sources say that his mother was from Syria Palaestina, 
 > and that he lived and died there. So it would seem pretty reasonable to 
 > describe him as Palestinian.€€€ 
 > 
 > So apart from a possible family connection and the loss of his head there, 
 > you couldn€€€t justifiably say St George was Palestinian in any way, shape, 
 > or form. 
  
 Well, except for the minor ways, shapes, and forms that one of his 
 parents was Palestinian and he lived there for most of his life and 
 he was martyred there. Even with modern standards of citizenship, 
 he would be Palestinian twice over (by blood and by long residence). 
  
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