My Favourite Australian Statesman

mittadisco · 25th September 2007, 12:51 PM

For those interested - a biography of Forrest

**incisor** · 25th September 2007, 12:59 PM

Originally Posted by cartm58

Yet people love the italians today and flock to see the death factory which is was the Colssum

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?

**dobbo** · 25th September 2007, 01:31 PM

Originally Posted by incisor

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?

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

**incisor** · 25th September 2007, 01:37 PM

Originally Posted by dobbo

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?

**p38arover** · 25th September 2007, 01:39 PM

Originally Posted by dobbo

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

Given the chance, we (our society) would!

Ron

**dobbo** · 25th September 2007, 02:12 PM

Originally Posted by incisor

tell me how i knew you would wade in with that aspect?

Hey don't you live up the road from the Big Brother house

Originally Posted by p38arover

Given the chance, we (our society) would!

Ron

Hey doesn't Inc live just up the road from the Big Brother house

**numpty** · 25th September 2007, 03:42 PM

Originally Posted by incisor

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?

No oil there!!!!!

**crump** · 25th September 2007, 03:55 PM

Originally Posted by dobbo

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

I dont remember that bit in "Gladiator."???

**dobbo** · 25th September 2007, 04:13 PM

Originally Posted by crump

I dont remember that bit in "Gladiator."???

Perhaps the donkey refused to work with Russell Crowe because he didn't want to be upstaged by one of the worlds biggest Asses.

**Ralph1Malph** · 25th September 2007, 10:29 PM

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)

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