The issue is over semantics, as so many an internet argument are. What NYTB should have said was popularized rather than invented. War of the world's amongst the several other science fiction books Wells wrote brought about the genre in popular culture like no one else had before. Mary Shelley largely invented the novel version of science fiction with Frankenstein but throughout history the "genre" existed. In ancient times amongst a, albeit very small, number of Greek authors who played with the ideas of interplanetary warfare and things of the like texts existed. In today's views these texts would be more fantastical than scientific but with the technological development of the age these would very much be in the genre of science fiction.

It wouldn't surprise me if the prosecution isn't throwing the trial. Nothing I've heard from him holds any weight as far as I can tell.

It's honestly insane how often in the death of one person entire nations can fall. Peaceful succession of power is a rarity throughout most of history

For anyone who's interested in Lafayette Mike Duncan wrote an excellent book called "Hero Of Two Worlds". I would highly recommend as it gives a hell of a summation of his life and his views of politics.

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Differing schools of thought, most commonly due to country of origin of said historical work, put the emphasis on different countries.
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For example most of the English speaking world blamed Germany for the war as neither UK and her colonies nor the US would have entered the war if it weren't for German willfull hostility towards neutral nations.
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In France the war was blamed on Germany for the German government backing the Austria in it's attempts to destroy Serbia.
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In Russia the war is blamed more on Austria than anyone as if it weren't for the Austrian invasion of Serbia none of it would have happened.
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As far as I'm aware Germany blames the war on France backing Russia in its claims to defend the Slav peoples.
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Austria blames Serbia for it's involvement as they believed the Serb government was behind the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
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Lastly the Ottomans joined the war due to a group of reformists sending warships to first strike a Russian port.
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You don't need to duck pigs to get that. At least I don't think you do

This is, as far as I understand it, the argument used against taxing churches. As far as the law is concerned (due to the jurisprudential sentiment of the Seperation of Church and State and the founding principle of "No taxation without representation") a church cannot be taxed without being allowed representation.
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Churches as organizations cannot legally donate, contribute, or otherwise involve themselves in the political process of the US due to their tax exempt status. Can individuals themselves involve themselves in politics? Yes. The individual priest/preacher is taxed via income and sales taxes therefore they get to vote in the electoral process as they wish.

Remember young lads and ladies history doesn't repeat itself... but it does rhyme