For those interested - a biography of Forrest
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For those interested - a biography of Forrest
yeah and todays do gooders stand back and do bloody nothing while thousands die in dafur or uganda or the congo or rwanda. how are we any better than them?Quote:
Originally Posted by cartm58
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Originally Posted by incisor
I agree the only difference between todays society and that of the Romans is the fact we do not make the victims have sex with bulls and donkeys before they die
tell me how i knew you would wade in with that aspect?Quote:
Originally Posted by dobbo
Given the chance, we (our society) would!Quote:
Originally Posted by dobbo
Ron
Hey don't you live up the road from the Big Brother houseQuote:
Originally Posted by incisor
Hey doesn't Inc live just up the road from the Big Brother houseQuote:
Originally Posted by p38arover
No oil there!!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by incisor
I dont remember that bit in "Gladiator."???Quote:
Originally Posted by dobbo
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Originally Posted by crump
Perhaps the donkey refused to work with Russell Crowe because he didn't want to be upstaged by one of the worlds biggest Asses.
Hi guys,
This thread is getting a bit heavy!
I always try to view history relative to the era or circumstance it occurred, not the era or circumstance we are currently in. This takes the subjectiveness and politics out of it. Remember, eating raw meat from a still breathing beast is considered poor form today but par for the course in caveman times. Incarceration was frowned upon in Rome and Greece and other ancient cultures as it denied the perp the dignity of proving himself either by 'trial by fire' or other methods. Today, incarceration is king, physical punishment 'barbaric'. Same with this Bunbury chap. At the time it was acceptable....but not now. That is where the laughter or brevity stems from, not the act itself, but the fact it could occur as the norm just leaves you wondering.
Just to rant a bit more, I find it amusing that so many folk prefer not to discuss historial or current world events because they find them disgusting or outrageous. Sure, to them and in todays time frame they have that view and that is fine. My 85 yo Grandma still passionately believes children should be smacked when naughty. Is she so wrong? Not in her eyes as was the culture back then.
OK, took a breath, back on topic, I do not find the hunting of Aboriginals funny, but I find it amusing that the history of Oz contains such 'closet skeletons'....who'd have thought!
Ralph (ranting)