That's exactly it. It was no fluke that Rome did so well for so long. Here's another example: there were the occasional flare-ups by politicians (who could also be pests) who wanted the Bible burned in order to make a name for themselves.
Nothing has changed, you see.
Well, the civil servants and others upon whom it fell to administer policy would see that upsetting the locals was a bad idea. So, they did things like this: 'I have to burn this thing called the Bible. Well, I don't know what it looks like since I'm a proper pagan and not a Christian. So, if you give me *a* book then I'll have to take your word for it that you've given me the proper article,' (WINK!)
I know that Christians make a big to-do about their persecutions by the Romans, but it's really a myth.
Rome was a huge empire stretching from Persia to Scotland, with thousands of gods. They were very good at allowing people to blend in. Provided you prayed to the Emperor once a year or so at a local festival, you were off the hook.
Can't pray because you can't pray other gods? Well, perhaps you can slaughter a chicken or burn some ceremonial incense.
If, however, you made a pest of yourself and went around proclaiming your refusal of paganism and wanted to worship Iehova only, you really went through a heap of steps that involved several jail sentences. And you needed to piss off some politician so that he'd want to make an example of you.
Prosecution cases have come down to us and the civic prosecutors are begging the Christian to think of his family and not to make such a production of things. What a nice day it is and wouldn't you like to walk out of here and go home and boink your wife, et cetera.
Really what the Romans did was throw jerks to the lions. Look what happened when the process stopped: jerks have taken over Christianity.
Is for the Dunhill web site. Dunhill makes expensive stuff for people who earn bags of money. In their EULA, it says that you are not allowed to link to their web site unless you get written permission.
You can read that http://www.dunhill.com/en/terms-and-conditions/
Be sure to forward that to a few people.
IBM can be a problematic company to deal with, but they don't generate the ire that SCO and Redmond do. Keep in mind that IBM's lawyers in the 60s and 70s, were reportedly referred to as the Nazgul.
http://lotr.wikia.com/wiki/NazgÃl
For fun, go to your high school reunion. Try to remember all of the students with personality disorders and notice how they all became policemen or joined the army.
G.E.D + Authoritarian streak - Imagination = Career in Law Enforcement.
I remember hearing an interview with an animal rights activist in the UK. You know, the sort of person who protests developments because they might hurt badgers. Well, the police sent a notice to one that they wanted to talk to her and they didn't know she was titled. (Some minor royal.) She didn't let on to her status during the interview but was amazed to see that these were very rigid men, with no imagination and very strong authoritarian streaks.
No kidding, honey.
Jeesus. Those of us who studied history know that the Sahara could be crossed on horseback as late as the 4th Century AD, if you knew where the wells were.
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That's exactly it. It was no fluke that Rome did so well for so long. Here's another example: there were the occasional flare-ups by politicians (who could also be pests) who wanted the Bible burned in order to make a name for themselves. Nothing has changed, you see. Well, the civil servants and others upon whom it fell to administer policy would see that upsetting the locals was a bad idea. So, they did things like this: 'I have to burn this thing called the Bible. Well, I don't know what it looks like since I'm a proper pagan and not a Christian. So, if you give me *a* book then I'll have to take your word for it that you've given me the proper article,' (WINK!)
I know that Christians make a big to-do about their persecutions by the Romans, but it's really a myth. Rome was a huge empire stretching from Persia to Scotland, with thousands of gods. They were very good at allowing people to blend in. Provided you prayed to the Emperor once a year or so at a local festival, you were off the hook. Can't pray because you can't pray other gods? Well, perhaps you can slaughter a chicken or burn some ceremonial incense. If, however, you made a pest of yourself and went around proclaiming your refusal of paganism and wanted to worship Iehova only, you really went through a heap of steps that involved several jail sentences. And you needed to piss off some politician so that he'd want to make an example of you. Prosecution cases have come down to us and the civic prosecutors are begging the Christian to think of his family and not to make such a production of things. What a nice day it is and wouldn't you like to walk out of here and go home and boink your wife, et cetera. Really what the Romans did was throw jerks to the lions. Look what happened when the process stopped: jerks have taken over Christianity.
Hi: Just wondering.
Hi: Actually, that's a really good point. Who caches the cachers?
Yippie! I also got it greenlighted at FARK!
Is for the Dunhill web site. Dunhill makes expensive stuff for people who earn bags of money. In their EULA, it says that you are not allowed to link to their web site unless you get written permission. You can read that http://www.dunhill.com/en/terms-and-conditions/ Be sure to forward that to a few people.
Really out of touch would be hiring Jerry Orbach to pitch Vista, given that he's dead.
IBM can be a problematic company to deal with, but they don't generate the ire that SCO and Redmond do. Keep in mind that IBM's lawyers in the 60s and 70s, were reportedly referred to as the Nazgul. http://lotr.wikia.com/wiki/NazgÃl
Real slashdotters use text browsers like Lynx. Graphical browsers are for sissies.
At least they're not posting to Slashdot on a Sunday afternoon...o, wait. Err...
For fun, go to your high school reunion. Try to remember all of the students with personality disorders and notice how they all became policemen or joined the army. G.E.D + Authoritarian streak - Imagination = Career in Law Enforcement. I remember hearing an interview with an animal rights activist in the UK. You know, the sort of person who protests developments because they might hurt badgers. Well, the police sent a notice to one that they wanted to talk to her and they didn't know she was titled. (Some minor royal.) She didn't let on to her status during the interview but was amazed to see that these were very rigid men, with no imagination and very strong authoritarian streaks. No kidding, honey.
Jeesus. Those of us who studied history know that the Sahara could be crossed on horseback as late as the 4th Century AD, if you knew where the wells were.
This vast and mighty tribe seems to have spread everywhere!
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Hi: Just wondering. /Can I post the paint huffer dude?