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The Reply of the Zaporozhian Cossacks
« on: November 17, 2012, 10:58:05 PM »
If anyone of you hasn't heard of this before...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reply_of_the_Zaporozhian_Cossacks

I think that is the most badass letter written in human history.
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Re: The Reply of the Zaporozhian Cossacks
« Reply #1 on: November 18, 2012, 11:34:15 AM »
I prefer (mildly) the Spartan reply to Philip II of Macedon.

Philip: "You are advised to submit without further delay, for if I bring my army into your land, I will destroy your farms, slay your people, and raze your city."

Spartan response: "If."
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