The original of this kind of Variation Threads was posted by member Constantinople, in which he asked wether modern Greeks desanted from the ancient Greeks, or were in fact hellenized Slavs. From that a heated discussion arose, even though virtually everybody agreed that it was the latter. However, Abdul Hadi Pasha who argued at the forefront of the “hellenization” crowd, and also argued most heatedly, proclaimed there would be no cultural continuity, either, which got him (besides Keenir) in a very tense discussion with Valdemar II, during which the latter was kicked.

From this original, a forum event on its own, several more threads arose, always along the pattern of asking whether X was truly X, or X-ified Y.