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- Mon Aug 27, 2007 9:39 am
- Forum: 'Off-topic' forum
- Topic: Split thread - How/why/when did War lose its lustre?
- Replies: 51
- Views: 19311
Too add to all of those horrors, the modern propensity to bomb civilian population centres including densely populated cities, towns and villages adds a unique degree of savagery to wars. For example, during Italian colonial rule of Libya, Spanish Civil war and of course Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Of c...
- Sun Aug 26, 2007 5:45 am
- Forum: Art and Culture
- Topic: Hypocrisy
- Replies: 85
- Views: 33932
Am posting this response rather late because I was reminded of your post whilst reading another recent BMCR review – this time on Spartacus: Film and History The part that caught my attention is this: Tatum's article ('The character of Marcus Licinius Crassus') is a refreshing shift from the focus ...
- Fri Aug 24, 2007 1:26 am
- Forum: 'Off-topic' forum
- Topic: Split thread - How/why/when did War lose its lustre?
- Replies: 51
- Views: 19311
But even in China you have bloggers talking about their oppressed lives and wouldn’t be surprised if there were also blogs from women in Islamic countries that expressed their suffering. I guess another issue we have to face with the information explosion is that people tend to find the information...
- Thu Aug 23, 2007 2:04 am
- Forum: 'Off-topic' forum
- Topic: Split thread - How/why/when did War lose its lustre?
- Replies: 51
- Views: 19311
I think what kick-started the negative outlook on war began with the Enlightenment. Although I'm sure the people of that time consciously didn't know what they were doing, because warfare certainly continued to be glorified even long after the Enlightenment, but they definitely sewed the seeds of d...
- Thu Aug 23, 2007 1:42 am
- Forum: 'Off-topic' forum
- Topic: Split thread - How/why/when did War lose its lustre?
- Replies: 51
- Views: 19311
At the same time, they didn't have access to tv or internet, so they may have been just ill-informed. Alejandro, Excellent post again. I know that TV and internet are keeping me well-informed on Paris Hilton's hangnail, but not so sure about the ongoing wars. I thought the following quotes could be...
- Wed Aug 22, 2007 11:17 am
- Forum: Art and Culture
- Topic: Hypocrisy
- Replies: 85
- Views: 33932
Hehe.. I will .. I will see 300 when it's out in my neck of the woods... Absolutely LOVED the Alexander movie. Never really expect too much historical accuracy from Hollywood, so whatever's there is usually a pleasant surprise. Both these movies had slightly unfortunate timing though. Alexander with...
- Wed Aug 22, 2007 1:27 am
- Forum: Art and Culture
- Topic: Hypocrisy
- Replies: 85
- Views: 33932
- Tue Aug 21, 2007 7:00 am
- Forum: Art and Culture
- Topic: Hypocrisy
- Replies: 85
- Views: 33932
- Fri Aug 17, 2007 1:41 am
- Forum: Book reviews
- Topic: Mary Renault's Alexander
- Replies: 68
- Views: 22084
- Thu Aug 16, 2007 2:35 am
- Forum: Art and Culture
- Topic: Roman Bust Of Alcibiades
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5144
- Thu Aug 16, 2007 1:31 am
- Forum: Book reviews
- Topic: Mary Renault's Alexander
- Replies: 68
- Views: 22084
before i started reading 'fire from heaven' i read about Mary Renault. I read about her sexual orientation and passions too. I wanted to believe that i am not about to read a gay pride novel but unfortunately i was wrong. Many of you said that this novel is probably the best about Alexander's child...
- Mon Aug 13, 2007 2:31 am
- Forum: Art and Culture
- Topic: Hypocrisy
- Replies: 85
- Views: 33932
- Sat Aug 11, 2007 4:13 am
- Forum: Art and Culture
- Topic: Hypocrisy
- Replies: 85
- Views: 33932
At the same time, it is interesting to notice that the same kind of policy would have been employed by the Persians. We know that Alexander may have been despised for being short (for Persians, it seems that the taller the better), ruddy (or at least that is what Mary Renault suggests, especially w...
- Sat Aug 11, 2007 3:54 am
- Forum: Art and Culture
- Topic: Hypocrisy
- Replies: 85
- Views: 33932
It goes without saying the Hoplite Demonstration in 300 is about the best scene of battle Ive seen. Hi Kenny, OK! Sold! Paralus mentioned something about a bottle of wine to go with the DVD. Who am I to ignore the advice of one so wise? :) You make a very good and valid point about good guys bad gu...
- Sat Aug 11, 2007 3:32 am
- Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
- Topic: Reasons why Alexander was great?
- Replies: 180
- Views: 67345
Re: Alexander was first.
I have no idea what makes anyone caled Great as I have problems with. From my understanding, Alexander was the first to be called the Great (I've read that he was called the Invincible while he was alive). Look to Alexander and decide what may make him great and see if any of the others match up. I...