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Messenger: Matthew Sent: 8/29/2012 3:19:28 PM
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Taken from Sista Farika Berhane article "TROD ON RAS BOANERGES" in Rootz



Ras Boanerges, also known as Bongo Watto, was undoubtedly one of the most historic and controversial Elders of the Rastafari Faith. He received his name from the Bible text Mark 3:17, "And James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James; and he surnamed them Boanerges, which is 'The sons of Thunder'." These two disciples of Christ were renamed Boanerges by HIM, when he sent the Twelve out to preach the gospel. (Mark 3:13-16.) throughout his life, Ras Boanerges strove to live up to being a "son of the thunder." Born George Watson, in the parish of St. Mary, Ras Boanerges' ancestors came from the Scott's Hall Maroons of that parish. His mother was an ardent Garveyite. It was from her that he learned to know himself to be an African. The lessons that his Maroon ancestry and his mother taught him helped to sustain his vision of a Redeemed Africa and his militant fight against "Babylon."
Although many elders claim that he was in his eighties when he died in October 2000, the record books show him as being born on July 1st, 1925. While still in his teens, he sighted the light of Rastafari. As a young man, he founded the Youth Black Faith. By 1947, his yard at 9th Street, Trench Town was a hub for members and sympathizers of the Rastafari Faith. It was at 9th Street that he assisted developing some of the tenets that came to be regarded as fundamental to the Nyahbingi Order. He became one of the Nyahbingi Order's foremost pioneers. Many contemporary elders grew in the faith in his yard. He regarded himself as the founder of the Nyahbingi Order and conducted Nyahbingi services in the tradition of the shepherd with the congregation as his flock.

Ras Boanerges refused to compromise in his campaign against the evil of backsliding and giving into "popular culture." He wanted Black people to concentrate night and day on their Redemption and Repatriation. Every thought, every action, must be toward noble aims. His heaven was to chant and give isis to the Almighty "itinually." It had no place for Reggae and dance hall. He preached that music that was not churchical music led to sinfulness, and loose living. It blurred the people's focus on African Redemption. He demanded steadfastness to the cause of Marcus Garvey, and condemned the partying of Reggae/dance hall music as diversions from the "cause". Under his leadership, the Reggae "singers and players of instrument" had to go through the same fight that pioneering African American Blues and Jazz singers faced from the Black Church in the USA.

From the forties until the dawn of the millennium Ras Boanerges' voice could be heard prophesying above the chanting and drumming congregation during Nyahbingi gatherings. His message was unchanged over the decades. It was a call for Afrikan peoples to seek the light, to depart from party politics, and seek life by coming to the fullness of Rastafari. It was spiced by quotes from the Bible appropriate to the present day condition of African peoples. Time upon time he could be heard commanding Black people to "Come out of other people business," and focus on their own affairs. Bongo Watto said that he looked forward to the day when every breath of man was for the praise and glory of the Almighty. He did not wish to hear any music aside from chanting praises to His Majesty, the King of Kings. He saw the return of the African to his spiritual heights to be his mission and declared that the silver and gold of Babylon could not deter him from that mission.

He was called upon to sacrifice his freedom and to face death on more than one occasion during the fifties and sixties. He was sent to jail for possession of his Sacred Herb, the marijuana or the ganja plant, four times. He was poisoned twice; once by a warder and the other time by a jealous enemy within the congregation. The experience made him peculiar in his eating habits. He became a very strict "italist," who preferred to cook his food himself and and ate mostly raw vegetables, fruits and juices. After doing pioneering work towards the getting the government

The highlight of his life was meeting Emperor Haile Selassie I at a banquet at King's House, Jamaica, to which selected Rasses had been invited. Ras Boanerges stated that the Emperor sent an emissary to him to ask him why he wore his head in dreadlocks. Although he knew His Majesty knew the answer to the question he had asked, he nevertheless quoted from Numbers 6, to the Emperor's representative. When the emissary told His Majesty what Ras Boanerges had said His Majesty told the gathering of Jamaican socialites, "Leave them (the Rasses) alone. They know what they are doing." Ras Boanerges was called upon to spread the message of the Nyahbingi around the world. His mission in the spread of Nyahbingi was akin to Bob Marley's through Reggae music. No Nyahbingi Elder has had the impact on internationalizing the Nyahbingi, that Bongo Watto had. He began his international work on the campus of the University Campus of the West Indies, (UWI) by reasoning with students from many islands. Ikael Tafari became one of his main disciples and invited him to tour his home Barbados in 1975. This was followed by a tour of the eastern Caribbean islands in 1983, after the convening of the International Rastafari Conference at UWI's Mona Campus. He was accompanied on his tour by elders Pa Shanti, High Priest Bongo Time and many others. In 1986, he attended and presented at the Caribbean Focus on Rastafari Culture at the Commonwealth Centre in London, England. He was a leading elder at the Centenary program in England on several occasions during the nineties. During '96, '97 and 98, he toured many African countries to strengthen the Rastafari congregation. Most his work was done in South Africa, and Tanzania. He also worked in the eastern Caribbean and traveled with Bongo Spear of Afrika Hall to Europe to defend the cause of repatriation to United Nations representatives in Geneva.

Bongo Watto created a lot of controversy with his stand on the word "Jah." After using the term for decades, he discovered that there was no ' J' in the Hebrew language. Not one to flinch from an unpopular cause, he immediately set about telling the congregation to stop using ' Jah' and to use the King's name Haile Selassie I instead.


Messenger: Matthew Sent: 8/29/2012 3:23:42 PM
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Bongo Time Speaks



Glory to word glory to sound to the Most High JAH Rastafari!

Perfect love Iloved brethren! Now, as I and I know and already informed that this light here I and I never did really prepare it as Ivine Iyahbinghi Issembly. I and I art here for a Ivine reasoning pertaining to the work of the Almighty JAH RASTAFARI.

JAH hath sent I and I here to manifest certain work in the Western Hempisphere here. And I and I must be prepared ever to manifest the work of JAH RASTAFARI anytime HIM call I and I to manifest certain work. So the time has now come when I and I should be present and be on our stern duty to administer the work of the Almighty in uprighthness.

But before I and I should consider such reasoning within this scenary I and I must make a Hola tradition to the Almighty with I and I ancient Creed....

...Herein I and I give thanks and praises to His Imperial Majesty Emperor Haile Selassie I, The King of Kings and Lord of Lords, The Almighty Most High Creator of the heaven and the earth.

JAH RASTAFARI, who hath strengthened I and I Elders and Brethren with the people thru Infinite Ivine Authority, to indict His Righteous Constitution for the goodness and welfare of everyone of we the people of this generation and every generation to follow, thru the infine perfection of the Order of Melchisidek Nyahbinghi with the Hola Theocracy Reign.

And herein, thru years of patient contribution in long suffering and hardship I and I have trod de darkness of de deep and have ridden upon de highest heavens of light to know the complete behaviour of mankind morality with their diversion which activate´ mostly in evil conception. This evil conception will be inevitably destroy´ in due time thru de perfect judgemant of de Melchisedek Nyahbinghi Order.

And herein, thru de goodnes and purity of the Order of Melchisidek Nyahbinghi and the Hola Theocracy Reign I and I His I´gellic Ministers have been constantly furnished with infinite inspirated ideas to carefully observe review and consolidate these Hola Ivine Precedents which are in accordance with The Bible, in concordance with the Jamaican Constitutions, and imlicating the Universal declarations of Human Rights in all its Conventions. Most of everything, thru de infinite edification of I and I Ivine Culture of the Order of Melchisedek Nyahbinghi within the Hola Theocracy Reign.

And herein, law consists of rules to determine conduct. A law may not consist of a codified procedure, a law may consist of traditions and customary principles. Even so, scuch law is and must be accepted in international statutes universally.

And herein, with the perfect guidance of the Almighty Most High Creator of heaven and earth, JAH RASTAFARI, with the will of the four hundred and twenty Ilect I´gellic Ministers of the Hola Theocracy Reign Nyahbinghi Order of Melchisedek, and with the aspiration of I and I Elders and brethren with de people I and I now authorise and present these upright perfect and pure principles of Ivine rules of laws to everyone.

And herein, the Order of the Nyahbinghi is a Ivine Priestly Order. It was originated and originally used by Melchisedek the High Priest and King of Righteousness. And was resurgent in these ages by the Rastafari brethren who are the blessed children of the King of Righteousness.

The Order of the Nyahbinghi caries the instruments of Justice and Judgement. The Judgement of the Order of the Nyahbinghi is to liquidate and terminate all evil conseptions. The justice thereof for the just is to guide and call ones and one´s ways and steps in the road which leads to the cities of ever livin´ life. The justice also for the unjust is, Death to white and black downpressors.

And herein, the Theocrary Reign is a righteous government, and is administered thru ivine principles. All its instruments of authority is in holiness.

The Theocracy Reign do not affiliate with churches like the goverment, and churhes of this world. The Theocracy Reign do affiliate with an Order. This Order is called The Order of the Nyahbinghi, which is the Order of Melchisedek. For this man Melchisedek is without beginning of days nor ending of life. He abideth an High Priest forever. Even so, I and I His sons and daughters live within the principles of ever livin´ life.

And herein, the aim of the Faith Rastafari is Repatriation. Ethiopia for the Ethiopians, those at home and those abroad. This was confirmed by the King of Kings and The Lord of Lords His Imperial Majesty Emperor Haile Selassie I when He did leave Ethiopia and come to Jamaica in 1966 on the 21sa of April.

He did proclaim in the House of Representatives in Jamaica on the 22nd of April 1966, that Ethiopians and Jamaicans are not only brothers they are blood brothers. For slave ships leave Ethiopia and come to the West. It is I and I conviction also that everyone must find their own vine and fig tree in this time. Even so, I and I are determined not to give away a Continent for an Island nor a Palace for a Estate.

The motto of the Faith Rastafari is peace and love to the whole earth. Rightful justice to the whole earth and its inhabitants. I and I tenets in the Faith Rastafari is: "Lets the hungry be fed, the naked be clothed, the sick be nourished, the aged protected, and the infants be cared for".

I and I works in the Faith Rastafari is righteous living altogether, for I and I are convinced that righteousness must cover the earth as the water covereth the sea.

I and I vibrations in the Faith Rastafari is race consciousness. I and I are non-violent, non partial, non political, non agressive. I and I do not take bribe´ nor receive gifts dat tie with string. Free will contribution is accepted.

I and I were sent with captives into captivity to keep the people in contact with their Ancient Ivine Ethiopian Culture. To cramp and paralyze all evil conception. To rise de dead dat have not yet gone down into de grave and is willing to walk within the principles of ever living life.

To let the people see the true Faith in Ivine Livity, and to keep the people in rememberance of the appending doom dat awaiting all evil conception.

He dat have an ear let him or seh hear what he Ingles say unto de Churches. Any one or ones fail to accept, regard, or obey these Hola Precedents or righteous principles will be recompensed with the fully judgemet from the Almighty Justful Judge....

...All the brethren that is been invited here from foreign lands, after they have probed right around the island, and probed thru all the states and culture of Rastafari and come to I and I, The Order of the Nyahbinghi, they found out dat they find de true spice of Ivinity dat dey are really seekin´ for. And is here dey have found the Ancient of Days well seated.

Now, their summing up the whole fields of trodding is dat the Theocracy Goverment is right and it should be fully established and incorporate´ with all these various agents of brethren. And the Ancient of Days should have the controllin´ order, controlling the Organ with Divine Spiritual advice and Divine Communication.

Now dis is de reason why I and I art here so I and I art most glad for it. I have seen dat dis government needed to be physically machinery established now. De brethren dem from foreign land are for it, and de brethren dem inside.It is I and I anticipation at all times.

When I check University (where this meeting was opened) de other day I see most of the brehtren there is the brethren of the the Order of the Nyahbinghi. Dem not dependin´ on no other order but the Nyahbinghi Order you know! Dem want to see a machinery in action dat kyna way.

De brethren dem dat forward here from foreign land ask fe such. I and I even seen de daughters dem start to organise within themselves, and dem getting on very strong and upright and clean altogeda and tangible..

So, I ask everyone to set their hearts aright...

The text above is the part of Bongo Time´s reasoning in Ivine Iyahbinghi Issembly on July 31st 1983 in Kingston, Jamaica. The whole reasoning and also other Elder´s reasonings in the same Issembly is found in JAHUG magazine number RED ( p.o. Box 2452, London NW6 1XD, England; Rastafari Selassie Center in Finland is distributor of JAHUG).




Messenger: Matthew Sent: 8/29/2012 3:36:08 PM
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...We talking now with elder brothers of House of Nyahbinghi, and the first I like talk to Ras Boanerges. You have been with Rastafarian movement, particularly Nyahbinghi Order, since the early nineteen thirties what is when the whole movement started. Perhaps you can give us a short inform exactly what is Rastafari, when it started and why?

"Rastafari is without beginning or the ending. Rastafari foundation established before the world was, before any generation. Haffe Adam, and Eve was upon the face of creation thousand, millions of years. So, it continue to extent and grow, generation upon the generation and children upon the children until we are reach this time of his Majesty Emperor Haile I Selassie who is returned Messiah, King of Kings and Lord of Lords. The Redeemer of the world."

The movement started in Jamaica.. (" established in Jamaica") ...established in Jamaica in the nineteen thirties, tell a little bit more about that.

"Teach of dat estabilishment theme about has one of our elder brother in that time, brother Howell, who be the messenger, first messenger to Jamaica. Traveling upon from such time, we will stepping off, over, and step by steps, step by steps, step by steps until we will estabilish the righteousness through all the world from Jamaica."

How is the Rastafarian movement, we are talking here Order of the Nyahbinghi, how it is administrated?

"Divine purposes at all the times. Divine administration, righteous administration."

You are the elder of the Nyahbinghi. What is this mean? Are you teachers?

"The full polity of the Nyahbinghi Order is death to black and white downpressors, thats the full reveal of it. What principles and livitys of the must be within the order of the Nyahbinghi Order is the holy holines, divine procedure and the whole. No one must be within order of the Nyahbinghi and administrate the any wrong way or wrong doings... His temple have to be hightal livity, his temple have to be clean and hola to administrate the order of the Almighty and every one that walk within the Nyahbinghi Order have to be clean, perfect and all whole together. Its not a worldly administration, it is the divine administration that is separated from administration of world completly... (it) carries hermit type of life of living."

Is there any church? Do you have a church?

"We wen seh, the church of the Nyahbinghi is the person. The person is the church. I and I serves in congregation under the Tabernacle that made build by hands, but the church of the Almighty does not build by hands. So, I and I, the people are the church, living church of the Almighty."

What are the principles of Nyahbinghi?

"Basic principle of Nyahbinghi is, we are vegetarian. Number one. We does not eat salts or flesh. We live (by) vegetables and greens, we try to reserve our self (as) health people...as self responsibility..-And instead of use wine and bread as our divine ritual I and I use natural herbs, calling Cannabis Sativa and other wise criminally call ganja or marijuana. Well, I and I use it as our I and I divine ritual within the Order of the Nyahbinghi. So, I and I is not been distribute it in Jamaica within our divine administration deny of the Order of the Nyahbinghi, (or) any where (or) everywhere."

You must live in this society. Ras IBo, how do you deal with this, how do you deal with all this public image of Rastafari linked with ganja and dread locks ?

"I know that world is not for I and I, seen, and I and I are not from this world. The law of men is now transgression within divine livity of I and I. So, wen say, if even make certain law of men for an example...I n I know the mark of the beast is when dem mark corner of the I head and shell the corner of thy beard and make cuttin´ in their flesh, dat those are the mark of the beast. I and I are even lift the cost (of) chapter seventeen or chapter nineteen what will cover what Im just said. I and I know dat I and I do not accept those kind of laws or philosophy, ca´ I and I know dat I and Is (knottys and beards) are comin´ from dat ancient tradition, wear of I and I is natural."

How do you handle the things like education your children for instance?

"The Almighty is said, I send you to Babylon to learn the ways of Babylon that when you will come out then you will partake your attend (to it) no more. So, when you, if you haff a child and you send him to school of Babylon, you must send dem there to learn the administration of Babylon, but divine culture is the thing that cant breakin´ if it face day by day the doctrine of Babylon. The I see? For, it is said I and I went to school and learn the ways of Babylon and when I and I started to realize all the administration and principles what they have, they could no stop us. No education could not stop us. So, if you´ll learn you send your child to Babylon´s school and he´ll get a small amount to educate himself and whole, it still cyaan hurt him, for what is in cant come out of him.

If I and I do send our children to school they will still educate at home first before they going to institution, so they are aware of institution and what will take a place - aware of your culture, cause they are going to try now doctrine there type of philosophy, de all dem godism and dem anti-christism, when dem really are set up praise Yesos now who deal widin in the past in that dispensation. But that present world deal wid that dispensation, it will reject and dispute in deh reality, fleshical tradition. Then this time now, de same one dat did cursin, turn to praise Him now when and where he is manifestate Himself widin His Imperial Majesty (in) this day, but they (babylon) still do not accept the reality of Christ in flesh livin´ among I and I. Widin that reality they are still inna fanatic world, a world of illusion. So, who ever is confesseth dat Christ is not in the flesh, is not of God, he is fe an anti-christ.

Dem are the law of men right now which really bond mind of the people from livin on this moment this livity, dem stop a youth who deal it wid and really try to embrace de goal or fate of Rastafari and even start to livin´ certain way what is not common here, as steal (him) from eatin´ of flesh which I and I consider cannibalistic caracter and barbarian type of livin´. On a moment you start to livin (like this) inna home or a group, you get a fight from the people, you know. Like a it is shame you bring on the family, like...you´re look dreadfull and you get mad, dem malignanca madness (for you), when it´s righteous livin´."

Ras Boanerges, where is the movement going? What you see for the future?

"I see for the future - prosperity."





Messenger: Matthew Sent: 8/29/2012 4:03:01 PM
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Taken from Ras Kosmos site Rastafari Selassie I Center

Nyahbinghi throw a stone, the great stone to Babylon....That is the crucial idea of the term Nyahbighi which means "death to the black and white downpressors". The term jumped to the international publicity in the year 1935 when newspapers in world wide told that Haile Selassie is the head of the mighty cult of the warriors of Nyahbinghi in Africa. Actually, it was five years before this news spread by the papers when HIM was crowned as the King of Nyahbinghi in the secret meeting of 82 African delegates in Moscow.

African Nyahbinghi movement was the movement which fought against the colonial occupies of the 19th century the last decade of the 19th century up to the 1950´s. There is no agreement as to where the movement began, but seems like it originated in East Africa in the region presently covered by southern Uganda and northern Rwanda, what is the area where once ruled a Queen who had very similiar name with a cult; she was called as Queen Nyavinghi. It has been told that she fought against, and was eventually killed by colonialists.

In addition to this anti-colonial substance of the term Nyahbinghi, the word is also a title of the Theocratic Priesthood and Livity Order of the hola dreadlock ones. The roots of this Order are much deeper in time than in the ages of anti-colonialist war in Africa, because Iyahcongo " is the most ancient order of Rastafari, as from the earliest time, when Cherubims and Seraphims chanted songs of praise around the Rainbow Circle Throne of the Almighty Omnipoten Majesty Emperor Haile Selassie I " (The Council of Elders). Originally Nyahbinghi tradition begun with Melcizedek who is the High Priest in the Order of the Nyahbinghi, the Drummer Master & Mystical Jah Dancer "without father, without mother, without descent, having neither beginning of days, nor end of life; but made like unto the Son of God; abideth a priest continually " (Heb 7:3).

Through the prophet Moses, the Science, Laws and Priesthood Order of the Nyahbihgi were opened to great bloom inna congregation of Israel-Ithiopia. " Bongo I-MOSES proformed the highest orders of the natural science of creation in the visible fullness of the day, so that all who saw and bear-witness knew that he was a Science Man of the Most I, RASTAFARI... Bongo I-Moses started and he himself had to serve as an example, so that the people could see and follow his movements, which was to take him up to some of the highest heights ever reached by a man on earth" ( Ras Mweya F. Masimba in I Forward The Sword).

In the early fourties the Nyahbinghi tradition of Melcizedek and Moses experienced new-birth in Jamaica by Rastafari movement and particularly through the dread lock congregation of the Youth Black Faith (YBF), which is the birth camp of the theocratic house of the Nyahbinghi Order today. The prophet and seer name Ras Boanerges ( a.k.a. Bongo Watu), along bredrins like Phillip Panhandle and Bredda Arthur, took to their hand the rod of the Nyahbinghi Ingeles which Moses had put forward, and begun establish the priestceptical administration of Rastafari tradition, based to the collective brotherhood, not to the undivided leadership of one prophet. Physically the center of the Nyahbinghi work in the early times was mainly at 9th Street Trench Town in Kingston, where - as Jah Bones have said - "he ( Bongo Watu) had a big yard with about four houses and tabernacle in the middle of the yard with the drums hung in the middle of the ceiling. Discipline and order with Rasta livity is strictly observed and adhered to. Man, woman and children lived in the yard and naturally, Ital dredness carry the swing."

Ras Boanerges himself have told to Eleanor Wint that, "when Sylvia Pankhurst come to Jamaica with her pamphlets and papers about the Emperor´s secret force, Black International, it gave me great upliftment to know that I have the inspiration to establish the House of Youth Black Faith. We should adore the I in the form and likeness of the King. When the I call Moses, he said: `Tell the people that I am the I am.` The I is the testimony of the individual. And in this time he tells us that he shall rise up in his name and we will suffer persecution because of his name. We can´t withdraw from the thing that is right... His Majesty Haile Selassie I, which is the Godhead, the crowning monarch..., " and "although we preach the truth, many ones will compass us about and say we a´ foolishness. This we expect ( Luke: 6:22, Matthew 5:11)...When we first started in the thirties (people) used to call us Blackheart Man, say we kill people and eat them. Today they call us evildoers telling our children lies...The same thing they do already they will do again and again."

" So what we are lookin´ for now, we´re lookin for de strength and de honour an de ability among one to another for dat is what we striving to complete.. For de fullness of Black Impremacy, de Solomonical Throne of Haile Jesse, de Priestceptical Priesthood of Levite & Judah, man must stand.. to help de foundation of such. For if de foundation be destroyed then what can de righteous do? ..De brethren from afar who never sight de works of de Nyahbinghi Order, observe it keenly and let us put our hopes in one direction." ( Ras Boanerges to the Bredrins in the International Theocracy Issembly in the early eighties).


Messenger: Ark I Sent: 8/29/2012 11:17:01 PM
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Give Thanks for posting this information.


Messenger: burningbush Sent: 9/1/2012 6:51:34 AM
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Truth


Messenger: VictimofAggression Sent: 9/1/2012 6:48:44 PM
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First I Live and ForIver Nyahbinghi I


Messenger: GARVEYS AFRICA Sent: 3/16/2014 4:33:09 PM
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Bongo Watto created a lot of controversy with his stand on the word "Jah." After using the term for decades, he discovered that there was no ' J' in the Hebrew language. Not one to flinch from an unpopular cause, he immediately set about telling the congregation to stop using ' Jah' and to use the King's name Haile Selassie I instead.
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- I have similar thoughts about the word Jah. And God. Haile Selassie is the name we are to call. Anything else you will buck up in problem

Haile Selassie.

Burn Jah


Messenger: Jah Dub Sent: 3/16/2014 6:35:35 PM
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^^^^ Jah is short for Jahova or Yahweh - the jewish language has a Y not a J. Over time, the Y is now pronounced as a J.....no need to bun jah

Jah is jahova or Yahweh. It's also spelled YHWH. Jesus is also Yeshua....notice the Y now pronounced as J


Messenger: Ark I Sent: 3/16/2014 6:46:27 PM
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Garveys Africa, I was actually surprised to see the I use the name Jah, based on your other Reasonings.


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