On Tue, Mar 29, 2022 at 4:46 PM Dave Horsfall <dave@horsfall.org> wrote:
I'm always amused by people who think that their country's local
customs (not just DST) are world-wide.
THEODOTUS. Caesar: you are a stranger here, and not conversantwith our laws. The kings and queens of Egypt may not marry exceptwith their own royal blood. Ptolemy and Cleopatra are born kingand consort just as they are born brother and sister.
BRITANNUS (shocked). Caesar: this is not proper.
THEODOTUS (outraged). How!
CAESAR (recovering his self-possession). Pardon him. Theodotus: he is a barbarian, and thinks that the customs of his tribe and island are the laws of nature.
BRITANNUS. On the contrary, Caesar, it is these Egyptians who are barbarians; and you do wrong to encourage them. I say it is ascandal.