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2012-02-14 14:25:39

#5126

Jay: Bork! Bork! Bork!; +2,006|5815|London, England

Superior Mind wrote:
Perhaps, but maybe they bottled up all their shit and let it loose in the forums.

Yeah, I called your argument stupid because I have PTSD. Right. You say a lot of stupid shit on this forum, but this argument was quite possibly the dumbest.

Last edited by Jay (2012-02-14 14:28:21)

"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat

2012-02-14 16:04:41

#5127

Spark: liquid fluoride thorium reactor; +874|7131|Canberra, AUS

SM I think you need to do some research on just how horrifyingly bad life was back in the day for everyone bar the absolute elites.

The paradox is only a conflict between reality and your feeling what reality ought to be.
^{~ Richard Feynman}

2012-02-14 16:33:59

#5128

eleven bravo: Member; +1,399|5716|foggy bottom

I think I agree with SM

Tu Stultus Es

2012-02-14 16:39:01

#5129

FatherTed: xD; +3,936|6957|so randum

eleven bravo wrote:
combat is combat. i had a buddy who beat down an insurgent with one hand while the hand was keeping that same insurgent from letting go of the spoon he held in his fist.

and the nature of modern combat means 99% of the time you dont see it coming and the way it has evolved i would safely say that combat technology of today is far more brutal and damaging to the human body than a simple bashing of the brain or slicing off of a limb

there was some story about a uk patrol that got caught down and low on ammo, so they did a bayonette charge (and ownzoned the towelheads)

war, war never changes

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2012-02-14 17:15:55

#5130

Doctor Strangelove: Real Battlefield Veterinarian.; +1,758|6925

FatherTed wrote:
eleven bravo wrote:
combat is combat. i had a buddy who beat down an insurgent with one hand while the hand was keeping that same insurgent from letting go of the spoon he held in his fist.

and the nature of modern combat means 99% of the time you dont see it coming and the way it has evolved i would safely say that combat technology of today is far more brutal and damaging to the human body than a simple bashing of the brain or slicing off of a limb
there was some story about a uk patrol that got caught down and low on ammo, so they did a bayonette charge (and ownzoned the towelheads)

war, war never changes

The end of the world occurred pretty much as we had predicted. Too many humans, not enough space or resources to go around. The details are trivial and pointless, the reasons, as always, purely human ones.

The earth was nearly wiped clean of life. A great cleansing, an atomic spark struck by human hands, quickly raged out of control. Spears of nuclear fire rained from the skies. Continents were swallowed in flames and fell beneath the boiling oceans. Humanity was almost extinguished, their spirits becoming part of the background radiation that blanketed the earth.

A quiet darkness fell across the planet, lasting many years. Few survived the devastation. Some had been fortunate enough to reach safety, taking shelter in great underground vaults. When the great darkness passed, these vaults opened, and their inhabitants emerged to begin their lives again.

One of the northern tribes claims they are descended from one such Vault. They hold that their founder and ancestor, one known as the "Vault Dweller," once saved the world from a great evil. According to their legend, this evil arose in the far south. It corrupted all it touched, twisting men inside, turning them into beasts. Only through the bravery of this Vault Dweller was the evil destroyed. But in so doing, he lost many of his friends and suffered greatly, sacrificing much of himself to save the world.

When at last he returned to the home he had fought so hard to protect, he was cast out. Exiled. In confronting that which they feared, he had become something else in their eyes...and no longer their champion.

Forsaken by his people, he strode into the wasteland. He traveled far to the north, until he came to the great canyons. There, he founded a small village, Arroyo, where he lived out the rest of his years. And so, for a generation since its founding, Arroyo has lived in peace, its canyons sheltering it from the outside world. It is home. Your home.

But the scars left by the war have not yet healed. And the Earth has not forgotten.

2012-02-14 17:18:09

#5131

FatherTed: xD; +3,936|6957|so randum

i never played fallout either

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2012-02-14 17:19:18

#5132

FEOS: Bellicose Yankee Air Pirate; +1,182|6868|'Murka

Superior Mind wrote:
Not equal, but not necessarily more brutal. Life would have been fairly decent. The differences in Rome's poorest people vs. NY's poorest people are very little.

Witnessing people getting torn to pieces for entertainment. Certainly not more brutal...

Oh wait.

“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”
― Albert Einstein
Doing the popular thing is not always right. Doing the right thing is not always popular

2012-02-14 17:22:36

#5133

AussieReaper: ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°); +5,761|6610|what

Some day they'll give a war and no one will turn up.

2012-02-14 17:24:53

#5134

13urnzz: Banned; +5,830|6954

AussieReaper wrote:
Some day they'll give a war and no one will turn up.

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2012-02-14 17:34:35

#5135

eleven bravo: Member; +1,399|5716|foggy bottom

FEOS wrote:
Superior Mind wrote:
Not equal, but not necessarily more brutal. Life would have been fairly decent. The differences in Rome's poorest people vs. NY's poorest people are very little.
Witnessing people getting torn to pieces for entertainment. Certainly not more brutal...

Oh wait.

no need for that dude

Tu Stultus Es

2012-02-14 18:05:18

#5136

FEOS: Bellicose Yankee Air Pirate; +1,182|6868|'Murka

No need for what? Pointing out how much more brutal ancient Rome was than today's societies?

Yes, there is a small segment of our society that has witnessed similar events...not for entertainment purposes. A larger proportion of the Roman society was exposed to far more brutality than any similar proportion of modern society. Thus, they lived an inherently more brutal life.

“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”
― Albert Einstein
Doing the popular thing is not always right. Doing the right thing is not always popular

2012-02-14 20:21:56

#5137

Jay: Bork! Bork! Bork!; +2,006|5815|London, England

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"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat

2012-02-14 20:31:59

#5138

Macbeth: Banned; +2,444|6042

I facepalm at your attempts to prove how libertarian you are.

2012-02-14 23:21:00

#5139

AussieReaper: ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°); +5,761|6610|what

The above image doesn't even work anyway.

2012-02-15 00:06:15

#5140

Dilbert_X: The X stands for; +1,824|6563|eXtreme to the maX

FEOS wrote:
Superior Mind wrote:
Not equal, but not necessarily more brutal. Life would have been fairly decent. The differences in Rome's poorest people vs. NY's poorest people are very little.
Witnessing people getting torn to pieces for entertainment. Certainly not more brutal...

Oh wait.

They would have attended that by choice, as people attend horror/war films today to see people apparently torn to pieces for entertainment.

I imagine warfare back then - hacking people to pieces nose to nose to avoid being hacked to pieces yourself - would have been more stressful than taking potshots and calling in airstrikes - that and living in the open and foraging for food at the same time.

Fuck Israel

2012-02-15 00:07:12

#5141

Dilbert_X: The X stands for; +1,824|6563|eXtreme to the maX

AussieReaper wrote:
The above image doesn't even work anyway.

It doesn't.
Libertarians are about the most hypocritical of all the groups IMO.

Fuck Israel

2012-02-15 04:09:38

#5142

FEOS: Bellicose Yankee Air Pirate; +1,182|6868|'Murka

Dilbert_X wrote:
FEOS wrote:
Superior Mind wrote:
Not equal, but not necessarily more brutal. Life would have been fairly decent. The differences in Rome's poorest people vs. NY's poorest people are very little.
Witnessing people getting torn to pieces for entertainment. Certainly not more brutal...

Oh wait.
They would have attended that by choice, as people attend horror/war films today to see people apparently torn to pieces for entertainment.

I imagine warfare back then - hacking people to pieces nose to nose to avoid being hacked to pieces yourself - would have been more stressful than taking potshots and calling in airstrikes - that and living in the open and foraging for food at the same time.

Watching a movie--that you know isn't real--is completely different than seeing what you know to be real, in person.

“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”
― Albert Einstein
Doing the popular thing is not always right. Doing the right thing is not always popular

2012-02-15 04:17:40

#5143

Dilbert_X: The X stands for; +1,824|6563|eXtreme to the maX

So why are films made so realistic, and when people finish watching them the first thing they say is "zomg that was liek so realistic/fake".

What would be the point if people didn't want to see other people dismembered in as graphic and realistic a way as possible?
If Roman games were on now people would flock to see them, people liable to PTSD just wouldn't go.

Last edited by Dilbert_X (2012-02-15 04:20:36)

Fuck Israel

2012-02-15 04:37:40

#5144

FEOS: Bellicose Yankee Air Pirate; +1,182|6868|'Murka

Dilbert_X wrote:
So why are films made so realistic, and when people finish watching them the first thing they say is "zomg that was liek so realistic/fake".

What would be the point if people didn't want to see other people dismembered in as graphic and realistic a way as possible?
If Roman games were on now people would flock to see them, people liable to PTSD just wouldn't go.

There is a distinct mental difference between seeing something horrific you know is fake and seeing the same thing, knowing it's real. Particularly if it's happening in front of you, rather than on a screen.

And I seriously doubt that if the equivalent of Roman games were offered today that people would "flock to them". Probably a small subset of society would...and they likely have issues, anyway.

“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”
― Albert Einstein
Doing the popular thing is not always right. Doing the right thing is not always popular

2012-02-15 04:40:36

#5145

Dilbert_X: The X stands for; +1,824|6563|eXtreme to the maX

Romans flocked to them, why wouldn't the people of today?

Seeing something fake happening to someone compared to seeing something real happening to someone of no value - its not a huge difference.

Fuck Israel

2012-02-15 08:06:51

#5146

Turquoise: O Canada; +1,596|6862|North Carolina

Superior Mind wrote:
Perhaps, but maybe they bottled up all their shit and let it loose in the forums.

That's my assumption as well.

2012-02-15 17:12:08

#5147

FEOS: Bellicose Yankee Air Pirate; +1,182|6868|'Murka

Dilbert_X wrote:
Romans flocked to them, why wouldn't the people of today?

Seeing something fake happening to someone compared to seeing something real happening to someone of no value - its not a huge difference.

Your last bit explains a large difference.

Unless you start getting into hard-core caste systems, that concept doesn't exist--particularly in the West.

“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”
― Albert Einstein
Doing the popular thing is not always right. Doing the right thing is not always popular

2012-02-15 17:28:45

#5148

FatherTed: xD; +3,936|6957|so randum

bored

whats the outside worlds POV on scotland wanting to leave the UK?

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2012-02-15 17:29:46

#5149

eleven bravo: Member; +1,399|5716|foggy bottom

bully for scotland

Tu Stultus Es

2012-02-15 17:31:52

#5150

Jay: Bork! Bork! Bork!; +2,006|5815|London, England

FatherTed wrote:
bored

whats the outside worlds POV on scotland wanting to leave the UK?

The rest of the world thinks Scotland won it's independence when William Wallace sacked York

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-Frederick Bastiat

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