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Allan from Fallbrook
Participantgandalf: Great flick! I see you siding with the nihilists, though…
For my sophmore Latin class, I had to translate “The Iliad” from Latin to English. And you couldn’t just go out and buy an English copy and transcribe it, because it translated differently. That little episode forever cured me of reading ANYTHING in the original Latin. Screw that. I’ll buy the Cliff Notes.
It is an excellent book. It was first recommended me to by a Jesuit priest when I was in 6th grade. He opined that all of history was contained in that one book. He wasn’t far off.
One other interesting observation, or, more accurately, analogy: You look at Athens in the book, rich and powerful, and wonder why, at the height of their power and prestige, they would engage in an utterly futile and sanguinary war that lasted 30+ years and ruined them completely.
It’s scary how often history truly does repeat itself. The players (Athens, Rome, Great Britain) change, but the storyline remains the same.
Pax Romana, Pax Britannia, Pax Americana… Pax Cathay?
Participantgandalf: Great flick! I see you siding with the nihilists, though…
For my sophmore Latin class, I had to translate “The Iliad” from Latin to English. And you couldn’t just go out and buy an English copy and transcribe it, because it translated differently. That little episode forever cured me of reading ANYTHING in the original Latin. Screw that. I’ll buy the Cliff Notes.
It is an excellent book. It was first recommended me to by a Jesuit priest when I was in 6th grade. He opined that all of history was contained in that one book. He wasn’t far off.
One other interesting observation, or, more accurately, analogy: You look at Athens in the book, rich and powerful, and wonder why, at the height of their power and prestige, they would engage in an utterly futile and sanguinary war that lasted 30+ years and ruined them completely.
It’s scary how often history truly does repeat itself. The players (Athens, Rome, Great Britain) change, but the storyline remains the same.
Pax Romana, Pax Britannia, Pax Americana… Pax Cathay?
Participantgandalf: Great flick! I see you siding with the nihilists, though…
For my sophmore Latin class, I had to translate “The Iliad” from Latin to English. And you couldn’t just go out and buy an English copy and transcribe it, because it translated differently. That little episode forever cured me of reading ANYTHING in the original Latin. Screw that. I’ll buy the Cliff Notes.
It is an excellent book. It was first recommended me to by a Jesuit priest when I was in 6th grade. He opined that all of history was contained in that one book. He wasn’t far off.
One other interesting observation, or, more accurately, analogy: You look at Athens in the book, rich and powerful, and wonder why, at the height of their power and prestige, they would engage in an utterly futile and sanguinary war that lasted 30+ years and ruined them completely.
It’s scary how often history truly does repeat itself. The players (Athens, Rome, Great Britain) change, but the storyline remains the same.
Pax Romana, Pax Britannia, Pax Americana… Pax Cathay?
ParticipantJohn: Yup. “The Hero’s Journey” and “The Power of Myth” are my two favorites.
I came across a three volume set of his work in Costco of all places and the whole set was only $12! I love that place.
ParticipantJohn: Yup. “The Hero’s Journey” and “The Power of Myth” are my two favorites.
I came across a three volume set of his work in Costco of all places and the whole set was only $12! I love that place.
ParticipantJohn: Yup. “The Hero’s Journey” and “The Power of Myth” are my two favorites.
I came across a three volume set of his work in Costco of all places and the whole set was only $12! I love that place.
ParticipantJohn: Yup. “The Hero’s Journey” and “The Power of Myth” are my two favorites.
I came across a three volume set of his work in Costco of all places and the whole set was only $12! I love that place.
ParticipantJohn: Yup. “The Hero’s Journey” and “The Power of Myth” are my two favorites.
I came across a three volume set of his work in Costco of all places and the whole set was only $12! I love that place.
ParticipantAecetia: Don’t let gandalf pull your twine. He knows exactly what we’re talking about. Dude went to Columbia for God’s sake. Those Columbia and NYU types are depraved! Look at Elliot Spitzer and what he had going on.
Once you get past the granola, the Birkenstocks and the “Mother Jones” subscription, you get to the true pervert. Dubya and Karl Rove warned about us these East Coast free thinkers! I’ll bet all those trips to Canada weren’t just for the prescription meds and Molson!
ParticipantAecetia: Don’t let gandalf pull your twine. He knows exactly what we’re talking about. Dude went to Columbia for God’s sake. Those Columbia and NYU types are depraved! Look at Elliot Spitzer and what he had going on.
Once you get past the granola, the Birkenstocks and the “Mother Jones” subscription, you get to the true pervert. Dubya and Karl Rove warned about us these East Coast free thinkers! I’ll bet all those trips to Canada weren’t just for the prescription meds and Molson!
ParticipantAecetia: Don’t let gandalf pull your twine. He knows exactly what we’re talking about. Dude went to Columbia for God’s sake. Those Columbia and NYU types are depraved! Look at Elliot Spitzer and what he had going on.
Once you get past the granola, the Birkenstocks and the “Mother Jones” subscription, you get to the true pervert. Dubya and Karl Rove warned about us these East Coast free thinkers! I’ll bet all those trips to Canada weren’t just for the prescription meds and Molson!
ParticipantAecetia: Don’t let gandalf pull your twine. He knows exactly what we’re talking about. Dude went to Columbia for God’s sake. Those Columbia and NYU types are depraved! Look at Elliot Spitzer and what he had going on.
Once you get past the granola, the Birkenstocks and the “Mother Jones” subscription, you get to the true pervert. Dubya and Karl Rove warned about us these East Coast free thinkers! I’ll bet all those trips to Canada weren’t just for the prescription meds and Molson!
ParticipantAecetia: Don’t let gandalf pull your twine. He knows exactly what we’re talking about. Dude went to Columbia for God’s sake. Those Columbia and NYU types are depraved! Look at Elliot Spitzer and what he had going on.
Once you get past the granola, the Birkenstocks and the “Mother Jones” subscription, you get to the true pervert. Dubya and Karl Rove warned about us these East Coast free thinkers! I’ll bet all those trips to Canada weren’t just for the prescription meds and Molson!
ParticipantAecetia: I read Thucydides’ “The Peloponnesian War” once a year. It pretty much sums up all the cupidity, stupidity, mendacity and folly of history and shows how little things have changed. One of the constants in history is what men will do for women, or, more importantly for… you know. So, yeah, I do think the idea has a lot of merit. I think we could probably fundamentally change the Islamists viewpoint by just getting ’em laid once in a while. Simplistic to be sure, but effective.
The character “Animal Mother” in the movie “Full Metal Jacket” summed it up when he said: “If I’m gonna die for a word, it ain’t gonna be Freedom; it’s gonna be poontang”. Yup. I would agree.
gandalf: Pahrump, NV is in Nye County, one of the Nevada counties where prostitution is legal. The Bunny Ranch or the Chicken Ranch or one of those places is in Pahrump.
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