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Hi Neptune, you say "my concern with showing the phrase is not exclusive to Near East.." [1] -- why do you have this concern? The idiom is used all the time on all sorts of subjects, it was ever exclusive to the middle east. Making issue over it suggests there is an underlying argument or point being made, I'm concerned your concern is connected to current events. -- Green Cardamom ( talk) 14:17, 5 September 2013 (UTC)
It was terminology during the negotiations and ratifications of the Webster/Ashburton treaty that established the Maine/New Brunswick Border. (1842) http://books.google.com/books?id=xS1cAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA4&dq=%22red+line%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=ePX3U_LbG8SYyASpmoLABg&ved=0CCsQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22red%20line%22&f=false
In railroad engineering “red line” denoted the extreme of elevation or grade for cuts or fills would allow for rail operation (1833) http://books.google.com/books?id=v2A3AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA38&dq=%22red+line%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=7e33U5yMC5WsyAT2xYDICw&ved=0CFMQ6AEwBzgK#v=onepage&q=%22red%20line%22&f=false
In medicine the “red line of mortification” was used to establish at which point to amputate a limb. (1832) http://books.google.com/books?id=UF9EToSeyO8C&pg=PA706&dq=%22red+line%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=7e33U5yMC5WsyAT2xYDICw&ved=0CFcQ6AEwCDgK#v=onepage&q=%22red%20line%22&f=false
In the Mishna Middot of the Talmud tradition the “red line” separates the altar from the profane. Slepowron ( talk) 03:24, 23 August 2014 (UTC)
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Hi Neptune, you say "my concern with showing the phrase is not exclusive to Near East.." [1] -- why do you have this concern? The idiom is used all the time on all sorts of subjects, it was ever exclusive to the middle east. Making issue over it suggests there is an underlying argument or point being made, I'm concerned your concern is connected to current events. -- Green Cardamom ( talk) 14:17, 5 September 2013 (UTC)
It was terminology during the negotiations and ratifications of the Webster/Ashburton treaty that established the Maine/New Brunswick Border. (1842) http://books.google.com/books?id=xS1cAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA4&dq=%22red+line%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=ePX3U_LbG8SYyASpmoLABg&ved=0CCsQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22red%20line%22&f=false
In railroad engineering “red line” denoted the extreme of elevation or grade for cuts or fills would allow for rail operation (1833) http://books.google.com/books?id=v2A3AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA38&dq=%22red+line%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=7e33U5yMC5WsyAT2xYDICw&ved=0CFMQ6AEwBzgK#v=onepage&q=%22red%20line%22&f=false
In medicine the “red line of mortification” was used to establish at which point to amputate a limb. (1832) http://books.google.com/books?id=UF9EToSeyO8C&pg=PA706&dq=%22red+line%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=7e33U5yMC5WsyAT2xYDICw&ved=0CFcQ6AEwCDgK#v=onepage&q=%22red%20line%22&f=false
In the Mishna Middot of the Talmud tradition the “red line” separates the altar from the profane. Slepowron ( talk) 03:24, 23 August 2014 (UTC)