Unforgiven Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 (edited) History could repeat itself. The barbarians are at the gate rioting and fomenting their hatred towards this great republic. Edited October 28, 2020 by Unforgiven 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RochesterRob Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 5 minutes ago, Unforgiven said: History could repeat itself. The barbarians are at the gate rioting and fomenting their hatred towards this great republic. I don't worry about them. I am more concerned about the elected seditionists in the halls of Congress. Also, the paid agitators who frequent this board as well as the unpaid useful idiots who ask us to ignore our own good senses. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unforgiven Posted October 28, 2020 Author Share Posted October 28, 2020 And the great ***** will suckle us until we are fat and happy and can suckle no more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiberius Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 WE THE PEOPLE!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RochesterRob Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 (edited) 15 minutes ago, Tiberius said: ME THE BARBARIAN!!!!! FIFY. I only hope you that live long enough to harvest the "fruits" of your labor. I have a feeling that they will not be sweet. Edited October 28, 2020 by RochesterRob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiberius Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 Just now, RochesterRob said: FIFY. I only hope you that live long enough to harvest the "fruits" of your labor. I have a feeling that they will not be sweet. I'm glad that people like you who are so easily swayed by bad people are going to be swept aside. You don't deserve to have your "leaders" in charge. You make bad choices Good bye 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RochesterRob Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 Just now, Tiberius said: I'm glad that people like you who are so easily swayed by bad people are going to be swept aside. You don't deserve to have your "leaders" in charge. You make bad choices Good bye Don't make a promise that you won't keep. See ya in a few minutes no doubt you barbarian you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Frankish Reich Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 26 minutes ago, Unforgiven said: And the great ***** will suckle us until we are fat and happy and can suckle no more. And that retort used to work great when there was a political party in American -- just for fun, let's call it the "Republican Party" -- that actually believed in limiting the size of government and reigning in the public debt. Now it's just a battle as to which party can give away how much to its own constituency. Just one recent plan of dubious legality: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/22/us/politics/trump-prescription-drugs.html Or maybe this one: https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/14/donald-trump-coronavirus-farmer-bailouts-359932 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snafu Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 10 minutes ago, Tiberius said: I'm glad that people like you who are so easily swayed by bad people are going to be swept aside. You don't deserve to have your "leaders" in charge. You make bad choices Good bye One request: just keep the gruel "honest". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary M Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 58 minutes ago, Unforgiven said: History could repeat itself. The barbarians are at the gate rioting and fomenting their hatred towards this great republic. Weird thing is, the only cities they are destroying are their own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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US Egg Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 (edited) Riots and destruction are peaceful participation and looting is self entitlement. Vote Joe or else you'll get more of this. Edited October 28, 2020 by I am the egg man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capco Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 2 hours ago, RochesterRob said: I don't worry about them. I am more concerned about the elected seditionists in the halls of Congress. Also, the paid agitators who frequent this board as well as the unpaid useful idiots who ask us to ignore our own good senses. Lol. Is everyone in Rochester at batshit crazy as you? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldTimeAFLGuy Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 57 minutes ago, I am the egg man said: Riots and destruction are peaceful participation and looting is self entitlement. Vote Joe or else you'll get more of this. ...naw, they looted Dollar General for masks to be Covid compliant.....TV's are to keep up with any new CDC requirements.....they're well intended...... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragoon Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 I kinda consider myself an expert on how Rome fell. Our parallels are shockingly similar. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RochesterRob Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 1 hour ago, Capco said: Lol. Is everyone in Rochester at batshit crazy as you? I guess that I would be bothered by what you said if I thought you had any brains. I'm not bothered by you so what does that say about you? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artful Dodger Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 2 hours ago, Dragoon said: I kinda consider myself an expert on how Rome fell. Our parallels are shockingly similar. Can you please share what you think the parallels are? I'm in my mid 50's, and people have been talking about this for my entire life, but I struggle to see what the parallels are. There are no hordes of Visigoths at our borders and we don't drink from lead pipes. Also we have a pretty good system of government which ensures a peaceful transfer of power every four or eight years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capco Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 2 hours ago, RochesterRob said: I guess that I would be bothered by what you said if I thought you had any brains. I'm not bothered by you so what does that say about you? When you make comments like you did, I take everything you say about brains with a massive grain of salt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4merper4mer Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 8 hours ago, Artful Dodger said: It's bad enough at PPP already without you stirring up the whole Flutie vs. Johnson thing again. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiberius Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 14 hours ago, Dragoon said: I kinda consider myself an expert on how Rome fell. Our parallels are shockingly similar. We are a slave society? I didn't know that? Did Rome have modern science? Did Rome have corporations? Did Rome have democracy? I remember when Clinton was president this silly argument was put forward, also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragoon Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 1 hour ago, Tiberius said: We are a slave society? I didn't know that? Did Rome have modern science? Did Rome have corporations? Did Rome have democracy? I remember when Clinton was president this silly argument was put forward, also. 1. people like you tell me we’re a slave society all the time. I’ll argue to some extent we are. I mean, Asian sweatshops do produce a lot of our goods. 2. No, Rome did not have modern science because Rome was in antiquity. 3. Yes, Rome had businesses. 4. Did Rome have democracy? Kinda. 13 hours ago, Artful Dodger said: Can you please share what you think the parallels are? I'm in my mid 50's, and people have been talking about this for my entire life, but I struggle to see what the parallels are. There are no hordes of Visigoths at our borders and we don't drink from lead pipes. Also we have a pretty good system of government which ensures a peaceful transfer of power every four or eight years. Lead pipes......lead pipes had nothing to do with anything. They caused no health issues. Yeah, what people are talking about....usually, is the end of the Republic era and the beginning of the imperium, which is a longtime before the Goths go rampaging. The Punic wars mesh up with our rise to super power status with our world wars. They had a conflict in Iberia that dragged on forever similar to our Vietnam. The social strife, the politics....it’s all eerily similar. I’m referencing the period of about 170-80 BC. Not the AD stuff like the Goths. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiberius Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 8 minutes ago, Dragoon said: 1. people like you tell me we’re a slave society all the time. I’ll argue to some extent we are. I mean, Asian sweatshops do produce a lot of our goods. 2. No, Rome did not have modern science because Rome was in antiquity. 3. Yes, Rome had businesses. 4. Did Rome have democracy? Kinda. Oh please, e don't have any type of legal slavery like Rome had. And no Rome didnt have corporations. Two very, very different societies We are not defending our borders from armed invasion, either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westside Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 Just now, Tiberius said: Oh please, e don't have any type of legal slavery like Rome had. And no Rome didnt have corporations. Two very, very different societies We are not defending our borders from armed invasion, either. We are defending our country from socialist like you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiberius Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 1 minute ago, westside2 said: We are defending our country from socialist like you. And you are failing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westside Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 Just now, Tiberius said: And you are failing Wrong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragoon Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 6 minutes ago, Tiberius said: Oh please, e don't have any type of legal slavery like Rome had. And no Rome didnt have corporations. Two very, very different societies We are not defending our borders from armed invasion, either. Well we do use slavery....for our imports. Rome definitely had corporations. Obviously they did. My god man....who do you think collected taxes, provided logistics to the military and so on? I mean a simple study of Rome’s Equites and it’s all there. i do agree we’re not defending our borders adequately though. That’s true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiberius Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 4 minutes ago, Dragoon said: Well we do use slavery....for our imports. Rome definitely had corporations. Obviously they did. My god man....who do you think collected taxes, provided logistics to the military and so on? I mean a simple study of Rome’s Equites and it’s all there. i do agree we’re not defending our borders adequately though. That’s true. There is just no serious comparison Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragoon Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 2 minutes ago, Tiberius said: There is just no serious comparison Well, I disagree. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary M Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 1 hour ago, Dragoon said: Well, I disagree. “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”–George Santayana Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiberius Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 2 hours ago, Gary M said: “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”–George Santayana What past? The Roman Empire? What lessons are we suppose to take from a pre-modern, slave based society that didn't even know the earth orbited the sun? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary M Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 19 minutes ago, Tiberius said: What past? The Roman Empire? What lessons are we suppose to take from a pre-modern, slave based society that didn't even know the earth orbited the sun? exactly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragoon Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 (edited) 3 hours ago, Tiberius said: What past? The Roman Empire? What lessons are we suppose to take from a pre-modern, slave based society that didn't even know the earth orbited the sun? Tibs — if you actually go back and learn about Tiberius Grachus you’d realize how silly you sound. My god man — the very era of Tiberius was the beginning of the end of the Roman REPUBLIC. It was a very complex. Politically, logistically, it was VERY complex. And, literally everything going on today was going on then. I mean my god, Tibs....it was nothing for Rome to have numerous 60,000 man armies warring on different continents. You think that isn’t complex? Keeping a 60,000 man army in the field is not an easy task today, let alone 2000 years ago. There is a great deal to learn. Edited October 29, 2020 by Dragoon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiberius Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 6 minutes ago, Dragoon said: Tibs — if you actually go back and learn about Tiberius Grachus you’d realize how silly you sound. My god man — the very era of Tiberius was the beginning of the end of the Roman REPUBLIC. It was a very complex. Politically, logistically, it was VERY complex. And, literally everything going on today was going on then. I mean my god, Tibs....it was nothing for Rome to have numerous 60,000 man armies warring on different continents. You think that isn’t complex? Keeping a 60,000 man army in the field is not an easy task today, let alone 2000 years ago. There is a great deal to learn. Rome was a very, very different society, situation and culture, almost no connection what so ever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragoon Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 1 minute ago, Tiberius said: Rome was a very, very different society, situation and culture, almost no connection what so ever Tibs, you idiot, we’re new Rome. Do you know less than 50 years separates the story of America from that of Rome. I know the similarities. It’s kinda my hobby. It’s kinda my thing. I thought like you until I actually studied. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary M Posted November 2, 2020 Share Posted November 2, 2020 On 10/29/2020 at 6:06 PM, Dragoon said: Tibs, you idiot, That is a complete sentence, no need for any more than that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BullBuchanan Posted November 2, 2020 Share Posted November 2, 2020 On 10/28/2020 at 4:28 PM, Dragoon said: I kinda consider myself an expert on how Rome fell. Our parallels are shockingly similar. Look no further than Combover Caligula. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragoon Posted November 2, 2020 Share Posted November 2, 2020 22 minutes ago, BullBuchanan said: Look no further than Combover Caligula. Um....he wasn’t that big of a deal IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kemp Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niagara Bill Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 The country began in a revolutionary civil war ( Not everyone supported leaving English control), continued through another civil war and maybe about to enter another version. When the country began the states were given huge power, which is both a strength and weakness that is presently pulling the country apart in 2020. Keeping a country of this size and population is hard...and like Rome eventually explodes from within. I hope not, I pray not, but the most obvious sign is politicians in power govern only for their supporters not for the citizens. Imagine where you, a citizen, says I will not help my neighbor put out a fire in his house because he believes in something I do not. Wow. trump does this daily. From the outside this feels like a Venezuela election. Best of Luck for a successful election, safe, honest and secure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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