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  1. Global Warming

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    There is nothing we can do about climate change, simply because we are not the cause. Global Warming is an unproven theory and is probably nothing but the usual leftist propaganda that plagues politics and pollutes the air we breathe. It was invented by tree hugger hippies for financial gain and political influence to further their twisted leftist agenda. The current climate change, as far as we can tell, is a natural process, until it is proven otherwise. The Earth has gone through countless periods of warming and cooling, and in many cases a lot more extreme than the climate change we are experiencing today. Liberal environmentalists use fear mongering to further their personal agendas. Politically and financially speaking, they have benefited enormously from this myth and created a whole industry out of a lie. It's the biggest con of the 20th century and continues to be in this century.

     

    Just to clarify, the warming of the climate is tangible and a fact, although it's insignificant and slight, but it is not due to human activity; the warming itself is also exaggerated. The woolly mammoth didn't start screaming

  2. Global Warming

    in Arena

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    Global warming is not manmade, it's not even significant. We're due for another ice age in the near future, that's what scientists should be worrying about, instead of using this "global warming" myth to enrich themselves.

  3. Augustus, good or bad emperor?

    in Imperium Romanorum

    Posted · Edited by tflex

    So, in your view, Tacitus was wrong that there were two views about Augustus? That, in fact, there was only one view--that is, unanimous praise for the butcher of Perusia? That's very difficult to believe. If that's not your view, what alternative interpretation should we be "careful" not to overlook?

     

    You're still into Revisionist history Cato? I thought you'd grow out of it eventually. It doesn't matter how Tacitus or some delusional people in Rome felt about Augustus; what matters are the results. Under the great Emperor Augustus, Rome grew out of the petty politics that plagued the late Republic era, and flourished into the greatest empires ever known. Augustus' reign and adminstrative skills triggered the most prosperous era in Roman history, and there is nothing Tacitus can say to alter that.

  4. Saddam's execution

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    Agreed, but the Reagan administration looked the other way while he used them in his own country. True, this may have been critical to to keeping order in a unified Iraq, but as bad as it sounds I think things would be better off if the country had been left to fracture along cultural lines and I think it will ultimately end up this way. Regime change should primarily be left up to the people in whatever country is in question.

     

    Yes, but my point was the U.S. didn't give Saddam these weapons so he could gas unarmed Kurds, maybe they were just naive. I agree that Iraq is an artificial country, Great Britian and France had a very bad habit of drawing up artificial borders in the Middle East to keep them divided. The more divided they are, the more influence the west can have over the oil flow. But Arabs only have themselves to blame, they are unable to unite and their culture is pretty screwed up.

     

    This isn't true at all. Saddam never 'took' permission, he had one meeting with Amb. Glaspie where she failed to give him a strong enough warning, and there's speculation a US warning wouldn't have worked anyway. She had to deal with the fallout to her career and reputation ever since.

     

    Common Virgil, be realistic, what you hear in public is not what goes on in private. The U.S. was Iraq's closest ally at that point, they were their main weapons supplier, Saddam as dumb as he is was not going to enter Kuwait without consulting with the U.S., and the U.S. knew his intentions anyways from intelligence sources, but they didn't try to stop him. Infact they did not interfere in anyway shape or form pre-invasion, and in political terms thats a green light. Saddam was expendable, and he probably deserved it. But, there is a reason why Muqtada Al Sadr and all those crazy clerics were silent during the Saddam era, because the butcher of Baghdad spoke their language which is violence. Al Sadr's father was assassinated by Saddam, I don't approve of assassinations, but I don't disaprove of that particular one.

  5. Saddam's execution

    in Arena

    Posted · Edited by tflex

    I agree with a lot of what Moonlapse said. One thing that cannot be denied, is as ruthless as Saddam was, he was the right man to rule Iraq. The Americans, the Europeans, the Middle Eastern gulf states, North Africa, are all indebted to Saddam. They used him successfuly to halt the Iranian Shi3a influence into the Arab world, and it took a long and bloody war with 1 million deaths to accomplish that. The Sunnis practically owe their existance to the man, because Khoumeini or Khoumeinism was expansionary by nature and would have spread with relative ease and force if it wasn't for Saddam's iron hand and barbarity. I disagree with Moonlapse on this issue though, yes the Americans supplied him with chemical and biological weapons, but not to use on his own people. Furthermore, the first Gulf war was nothing but an American trap by the Bush senior and Baker team. I'm one who hates conspiracy theories, especially the 9/11 ridicolous theories, but this is not a theory, Saddam took permission from the U.S. before he invaded Kuwait and they gave him the greenlight, they set the trap and turned on him the next day. It was a shrewd strategy that payed dividends for the U.S. and its allies. They gained more control and influence on Middle Eastern oil and politics, and Saddam was a total dumby for falling into the trap. As bad as Saddam was, he was the right man for his country. The New World Order is better left where it belongs.

  6. Islamic State of Iran

    in Arena

    Posted · Edited by tflex

    Posted by the great,If you go to iran and you are not muslim they may kill you,lol thats funny,do you work for fox news or aipac with that propaganda?

     

     

    Dude, I'm Lebanese and in my country there is an Iranian backed militia called Hizbullah. If I express my pro-Israeli views or question Islam publicly, I will be kidnapped, tortured and murdered. So quit with your Fox news stuff. I live in the real word, I was in a war and fired my first gun at 13 years of age. There is a reason why it's called the Islamic Republic of Iran, because Islamic law is upheld. Read Sharia law for more info on what happens to the non-believers. But even in Iran there is corruption and exceptions to the law.

  7. Rome And Usa.

    in Arena

    Posted · Edited by tflex

    "American superiority in all matters of science, economics, industry, politics, business, medicine, engineering, social life, social justice, and of course, the military was total and indisputable. Even Europeans suffering the pangs of wounded chauvinism looked on with awe at the brilliant example the United States had set for the world as the third millennium began." Tom Wolfe, Hooking Up (2000).

     

    Science: Yes, even though the best Scientists were imported from Germany, Japan and Russia. But now they are Americans, so I'll give you that one.

     

    Economic: Without a doubt.

     

    Industry: Definately

     

    Politics: This is manily becuase of the U.S. military, but if you take politics on it's own, then the U.S. certainly doesn't rank the highest.

     

    Business: Definately

     

    Medicine: Western Europe and Japan are slightly more advanced in that area.

     

    Engineering: Western Europe and some Asian countries have surpassed the U.S. in this field.

     

    Social Life: No way! I can tell you for sure from traveling around the world and living in the U.S., that America would rank the lowest in this category. This is the one category Rome had, but the U.S. doesn't have.

     

    Social Justice: Agreed, but other countries are just as good.

     

    Military: Absolutely

     

    One thing I should note on the America/Europe comparison. I've lived in both Europe and the U.S., and I'm sure you've heard this saying before, but it sums it all up: Americans live to work, while Europeans work to live. This is so true, generally speaking Americans have a better work ethic, while Europeans tend to get more enjoyment out of life.

  12. Another US election gone by

    in Hora Postilla Thermae

    Posted · Edited by tflex

    So are we finally going to get a major increase in troop numbers, something I've been wishing for ever since.

     

    I don't see the logic behind the increase in troop numbers, the more U.S. troops in Iraq, the more targets for the terrorists. If Iraq is far from being another Vietnam now, it will only move closer to Vietnam if you increase troop numbers.

     

    The only solutions I see is:

     

    1. Use overwhelimg force (I don't mean troop force) to crush the opposition. You must be willing to accept civilian casualties.

     

    2. Install a new dictator that can rule Iraq with an iron fist. Not a new Saddam who was a sadistic criminal, but a Benevolent dictator.

     

    I think it was very naive of the Bush adminstration to assume they could bring democracy to a region thats historically turbulent and opposed to western style democracies.

  13. Saddam to hang

    in Hora Postilla Thermae

    Posted

    A line in the sand should be drawn here. NO DEATH PENALTY. No matter how much justification. Every execution desensitizes us a little more, ultimately cheapening the value of human life.

     

    It's the other way round, if you don't execute then you don't value human life. When you execute a criminal, you're sending the message not to mess with human life or else...

  14. Saddam to hang

    in Hora Postilla Thermae

    Posted · Edited by tflex

    What do you think of the death penalty? I think it's kind of barbaric myself. Anyway, former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein has been sentenced to hang to death. I wonder what the consequences will be.

     

    It's called justice; there is nothing barbaric about hanging a mass murderer. People have short memories when it comes to serial killers, but the victims continue to suffer.

     

    i wonder what kind of hanging method they are going to use..

     

    like the one with the trap door where the victims neck is snapped or like they use in Iran (a crane slowly lifts the noose and the victim slowly suffocates)

     

    The slow method is more appropriate in this case.

  17. Pagan Origins Of Easter

    in Templum Romae - Temple of Rome

    Posted · Edited by tflex

    Moonlapse and I were discussing something completely unrelated and the fact that today is "Good Friday" came up randomly in the conversation. Not only has the term 'Good' always struck me as rather odd considering the nature of the events (yes I udnerstand its good that he died for the sins of humanity, but it still strikes me as odd), but I realized that I've never actually bothered to learn the origins of the term 'Easter'.

     

    Lo and behold after a bit of googling...

    The True Origin of Easter

     

    Now I'm not surprised that the festival that came to be known as Easter was taken from a pagan event, whether it was the celebration of the Babylonian Ishtar and the resurrection of Tammuz or the Anglo-Saxon fertility rites of the goddess Eostre. What I am a little confused about regarding the Christian holiday is that, despite its adoption of the event of resurrection itself, its timing seems to be truly more coincidental than other deliberate usurpations of pagan events. If Good Friday or the death of Christ is associated with Passover and Easter was also always traditionally celebrated at about the same time, then the timing of the Christian ressurection coincides quite well with the other rituals.

     

    Despite the pagan origins of the story itself, the association of the ressurection of Christ with the festival of Easter seems to be something that happened as a matter of circumstance. Unlike Christmas which is so obviously and purposely associated with the timing of Saturnalia, is Easter an accident?

     

    Am I correct regarding the timing of Passover and Good Friday, or perhaps was the Easter festival deliberately moved to be in sync? Am I just missing something else entirely?

     

    Would they still coincide using the biblical solar calendar. Also, the bible considers Jesus the passover Lamb, and thats what's suppose to be celebrated; instead easter is celebrated, you know with the rabbit & egg symbolism, quick as a bunny is an asset in those mass orgies. As a christian it's truly sad to see such a holy day be polluted this way. The Bible mentions Ishtar in the old testament in a negative light, as a pagan goddess.

  18. Unrv?!?

    in Renuntiatio et Consilium Comitiorum

    Posted

    Hello everyone,

     

    Indeed an intrusion into the forum software occured, however not at the rest of the site, (forum is database driven, so the inruder only got hold of the forum but not of the actual server). There was no post (as far as i can see) lost.

     

    While we try to make the site as safe as possible and do whatever it takes to keep the site secure (immediate updated from security patches, regular change of passwords, some restriction of things that are allowed on the forum), there is never a 100% guarantee.

     

    So, while we are at it, please do change your password immediately, while chances are remote one never knows for sure, and it is good practice to change ones password on a regular basis (and do have a combination of numbers special characters and letters)

     

    cheers

    viggen

     

    Anyway to track the individual. We need to apply Roman justice.

  24. UNRV American Meet 2007

    in Renuntiatio et Consilium Comitiorum

    Posted

    Las Vegas sounds good, over a few drinks it won't take too long for everyone to get acquainted, it's a 4 hour drive from LA. We could all stay at Caesar's palace over the weekend, I think that would be a good setting, I'm sure Cato would love that idea.

     

    If the purpose of the meeting is for everyone to have fun, then what better place than Las Vegas.

  25. No Country Is Perfect, But The U.s. System Is The Closest To Perfect,

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    Posted

    The US Senate today has followed the example of the House of Representatives in denying the right of habeas corpus for enemy combatants. Along with with President Bush's recent "tweaking" of the Geneva Conventions the world will evaluate this "perfect" system. I am a US citizen. 9-11 was a black day. Now add 9-28.

    Good-bye Magna Carta enshrined habeas corpus. Hello waterboarding of terror suspects. If you want to see what waterboarding looks like:

     

    http://hereswhatsleft.typepad.com/photos/u...ter_torture.png

     

    In times of war drastic measures must be taken, and terrorists do not fit under 'enemy combatants', they fight like terrorists and they should be tortured like terrorists, better they pay the price than innocent people. Anyways, what the U.S. calls torture is probably along the lines of sleep deprivation.

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