Life in the Age of Dumb, part 5: Nazis never die.

[gnimbley]

Second off, abuses happen when people are in positions of absolute power over others. It happens all over the world. (Not that that is an excuse.) It is not just an American problem. Passing the buck by pigeon-holing it to one national group, or by blanket-and-vapid statements about 'human nature(tm)' do absolutely fuck all.

In my opinion this sort of shit has been symptomatic of human relations for the past five thousand years across the globe. So it is no surprise, even though it is sickening.

You will be happy to know that according to Confused Cornflakes that the Romans did not engage in any such shit, so maybe we should emulate them and start up a republic, huh?

[Rupert Giles]

Second off, abuses happen when people are in positions of absolute power over others. It happens all over the world. (Not that that is an excuse.) It is not just an American problem. Passing the buck by pigeon-holing it to one national group, or by blanket-and-vapid statements about 'human nature(tm)' do absolutely fuck all.

In my opinion this sort of shit has been symptomatic of human relations for the past five thousand years across the globe. So it is no surprise, even though it is sickening.

You will be happy to know that according to Confused Cornflakes that the Romans did not engage in any such shit, so maybe we should emulate them and start up a republic, huh?

I never said that.

I said they got a bad wrap.

The Empire was okay.

On the whole, the Caesars were just a disaster, save for Augustus, Aurelius, and Vespasianus.

[gnimbley]

Second off, abuses happen when people are in positions of absolute power over others. It happens all over the world. (Not that that is an excuse.) It is not just an American problem. Passing the buck by pigeon-holing it to one national group, or by blanket-and-vapid statements about 'human nature(tm)' do absolutely fuck all.

In my opinion this sort of shit has been symptomatic of human relations for the past five thousand years across the globe. So it is no surprise, even though it is sickening.

You will be happy to know that according to Confused Cornflakes that the Romans did not engage in any such shit, so maybe we should emulate them and start up a republic, huh?

I never said that.

I said they got a bad wrap.

The Empire was okay.

On the whole, the Caesars were just a disaster, save for Augustus, Aurelius, and Vespasianus.

Ah, yes, Latin class devotee.

ROME: The Benevolent Empire!

We Brought Civilization,Ñ¢ to the World.

All Hail CAESAR!



Just remember, buddy, that the victors write the history books. Learning about the Roman Empire from Classical Latin texts, is like learning about America from Fox News. Somehow, the dirty litle secrets just get swept away. Like the new military report which says the problems at that Iraqi prison were just "isolated" incidents by individual soldiers. Had nothing to do with the higher ups. Not out fault. We're civilized!

[Horab Fibslager]

absolute power may corrupt, but so does elected power. hell power in the hands of any dishonourable man or woman will corrupt, and often does in the hands of honourable men and women. power is an end that is the means to itself.

[President Bush]

I WIN! I WIN! I WIN!

The 9/11 Commission report is out, and they recommend:

1. a new bureaucracy funded with a lot of tax dollars to hunt down terrorists, especially those inside the U.S.;

2. more spies!;

3. a PR campaign to convince the rest of the world that the US is good and Islam is bad;

4. NATIONAL IDENTIFICATION CARDS!!! (called driver's licenses and passports with biometric data linked to a central database)

And look at what was not included.

1. No recommendation not to arm insurgents trying to overthrow the friends of our current political opponents, like EastAsia, er, the Soviet Union, er, whomever.

2. No recommendation that we shouldn't bomb villages and mosques and aspirin factories and defense headquarters to teach the other guy a lesson.

3. No recommendation to not invade other countries.

4. No recommendation not to mess in internal politics around the globe.


I WIN! I WIN! I WIN!

[Rupert Giles]

Second off, abuses happen when people are in positions of absolute power over others. It happens all over the world. (Not that that is an excuse.) It is not just an American problem. Passing the buck by pigeon-holing it to one national group, or by blanket-and-vapid statements about 'human nature(tm)' do absolutely fuck all.

In my opinion this sort of shit has been symptomatic of human relations for the past five thousand years across the globe. So it is no surprise, even though it is sickening.

You will be happy to know that according to Confused Cornflakes that the Romans did not engage in any such shit, so maybe we should emulate them and start up a republic, huh?

I never said that.

I said they got a bad wrap.

The Empire was okay.

On the whole, the Caesars were just a disaster, save for Augustus, Aurelius, and Vespasianus.

Ah, yes, Latin class devotee.

ROME: The Benevolent Empire!

We Brought Civilization,Ñ¢ to the World.

All Hail CAESAR!



Just remember, buddy, that the victors write the history books. Learning about the Roman Empire from Classical Latin texts, is like learning about America from Fox News. Somehow, the dirty litle secrets just get swept away. Like the new military report which says the problems at that Iraqi prison were just "isolated" incidents by individual soldiers. Had nothing to do with the higher ups. Not out fault. We're civilized!

Are we not gentlemen, with open minds and sound reasoning?

It seems to me, that this quarrel between the two of us shall never be settled before the Day of Judgement, when I shall be sent to the Region of Thud to make Sinners into Mao buttons for Malaclypse the Elder to distribute.

Can we not set aside our differences, and embrace each other in friendship and brotherhood, my dear gnome?

...

And if your avatar doesn't stop winking at me...

...I shall have to think of something sophmoric.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

Second off, abuses happen when people are in positions of absolute power over others. It happens all over the world. (Not that that is an excuse.) It is not just an American problem. Passing the buck by pigeon-holing it to one national group, or by blanket-and-vapid statements about 'human nature(tm)' do absolutely fuck all.

In my opinion this sort of shit has been symptomatic of human relations for the past five thousand years across the globe. So it is no surprise, even though it is sickening.

You will be happy to know that according to Confused Cornflakes that the Romans did not engage in any such shit, so maybe we should emulate them and start up a republic, huh?

I never said that.

I said they got a bad wrap.

The Empire was okay.

On the whole, the Caesars were just a disaster, save for Augustus, Aurelius, and Vespasianus.

Constantine?

The Roman Expansion destroyed the Roman republic.  For this reason alone, empires are bad.

If that doesn't sell you, read Tacitus's Annals.

NO system that places a man above the law is good.

[Horab Fibslager]

Second off, abuses happen when people are in positions of absolute power over others. It happens all over the world. (Not that that is an excuse.) It is not just an American problem. Passing the buck by pigeon-holing it to one national group, or by blanket-and-vapid statements about 'human nature(tm)' do absolutely fuck all.

In my opinion this sort of shit has been symptomatic of human relations for the past five thousand years across the globe. So it is no surprise, even though it is sickening.

You will be happy to know that according to Confused Cornflakes that the Romans did not engage in any such shit, so maybe we should emulate them and start up a republic, huh?

I never said that.

I said they got a bad wrap.

The Empire was okay.

On the whole, the Caesars were just a disaster, save for Augustus, Aurelius, and Vespasianus.

Constantine?

The Roman Expansion destroyed the Roman republic.  For this reason alone, empires are bad.

If that doesn't sell you, read Tacitus's Annals.

NO system that places a man above the law is good.

what about a computer or a super inteligent monkey or soemthing?

[gnimbley]

Are we not gentlemen, with open minds and sound reasoning?

It seems to me, that this quarrel between the two of us shall never be settled before the Day of Judgement, when I shall be sent to the Region of Thud to make Sinners into Mao buttons for Malaclypse the Elder to distribute.

Can we not set aside our differences, and embrace each other in friendship and brotherhood, my dear gnome?

...

And if your avatar doesn't stop winking at me...

...I shall have to think of something sophmoric.

Wha?!?!?!

Sorry, I got my brain washed last night and I am having trouble following
my train of thought.

What train? I don't see a train.

I am a gnome, not a deer. And keep your hands to yourself.

And if you do something sophmoric, well, how would that be different?

My avatar does not wink. That's just your imagination.

Actually, it only winks at the girl avatars.

Oh, look. Elephants! I wonder if they have some pie.

::wanders off in search of pie.::

[The Good Reverend Roger]

a super inteligent monkey or soemthing?

All we could find was Bush.

[Horab Fibslager]

a super inteligent monkey or soemthing?

All we could find was Bush.

well that's certainly a cut below the pipe smokign chess playing glasses and robe wearing oxford accented super intelligent moenkey i was on about ain't it?

[Trollax]

a super inteligent monkey or soemthing?

All we could find was Bush.

Well he is slightly smarter than the average chimpanzee... so it goes to show that you might need a super-intelligent human being... or the AI computer from Deus Ex

[Rupert Giles]

Second off, abuses happen when people are in positions of absolute power over others. It happens all over the world. (Not that that is an excuse.) It is not just an American problem. Passing the buck by pigeon-holing it to one national group, or by blanket-and-vapid statements about 'human nature(tm)' do absolutely fuck all.

In my opinion this sort of shit has been symptomatic of human relations for the past five thousand years across the globe. So it is no surprise, even though it is sickening.

You will be happy to know that according to Confused Cornflakes that the Romans did not engage in any such shit, so maybe we should emulate them and start up a republic, huh?

I never said that.

I said they got a bad wrap.

The Empire was okay.

On the whole, the Caesars were just a disaster, save for Augustus, Aurelius, and Vespasianus.

Constantine?

The Roman Expansion destroyed the Roman republic.  For this reason alone, empires are bad.

If that doesn't sell you, read Tacitus's Annals.

NO system that places a man above the law is good.

I tend to view Constantine not as a Roman Emperor, though he certainly controlled Rome, but as the first Emperor of the Byzantine empire.

Let's face it.

Crosses.

In the Sky.

On the sun.

In Hoc Singo Vinces...

[MedeoPlusPlus]

or the AI computer from Deus Ex

BAD MEMORIES!

GET OUT OF MY HEAD!

[Trollax]

or the AI computer from Deus Ex

BAD MEMORIES!

GET OUT OF MY HEAD!

I always followed tracer tong... even though that wasn't the way things worked for the sequel