to be fair you're comparing with a world where the world was dominated by cholera and syphilis and where 99.999% of the population didn't see their 50th birthday, and if you failed at the games your chances of ending, within two years, fighting a pointless war against the neighbouring city in an argument about port duties were pretty high.
and beside all of that, the ancient games were actually pretty brutal and ugly, and if we had them now we wouldn't want to watch. we've got a certain respect for a lack of human suffering that the ancient greeks just couldn't give a fuck about
(and beside all of that, the ancient games were actually pretty brutal and ugly, and if we had them now we wouldn't want to watch. we've got a certain respect for a lack of human suffering that the ancient greeks just couldn't give a fuck about
boris the spider,
Tue 22 May 2012, 1:29,
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what i guess i'm trying to say is that "splendour" is romanticised nonsensethey were "splendid" in the way that fox hunting, bull-fighting and bear-baiting are splendid, or if we had an ultimate fighting league that was to the bloodied-pulp-of-death
( boris the spider,
Tue 22 May 2012, 1:31,
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I'm just too anti-consumerist for my own good. I guess what I was taught about the ancient Olympics was horse-shit; I really should do a bit of research beforehand, if I'm discussing things out of my own field. XD
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Bourbon Fox Bourbon is a moron,
Tue 22 May 2012, 1:44,
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to be fairi should probably avoid posting on b3ta when i'm drunk because i come across as angry and more sure of my facts than i should be... :)
( boris the spider,
Tue 22 May 2012, 8:29,
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some folk would pay to see all those activities combined into one single eventbut yeah, it's just one big wankfest eitherway
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discomeats This canoe,
Tue 22 May 2012, 9:03,
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