> Like Germany, Japan, Korea, and what now looks like Bosnia and Kosovo.
By Extended periods of time I was talking 100s of years. And by holding them militarily I mean holding them in a manner which causes that country to no longer exist and become part of the US. > Just ended it 150 years ago. Also look at football games etc. The NASCAR > races are very similar in structure to the chariot races that were held in > the Hippodrome in Constantinople until 900 AD or so. And the games were > not > for the upper classes, rather for the proletariat. Just like TV. And given > what's been on television and the movies, is there much difference between > watching gladiators fight and the WWF? Well, the WWE as it is called now, are paid actors, not prisoners forced to fight against their will, big difference. And considering the country is only 226 years old, I would say that figuring out slaves were wrong after about 75 years is a lot better than most countries. > At the time that was science. Remember though the Romans closely followed > a > rationalistic philosophy (Stocisim) throughout their history, until > Christianity too over around 320 AD. The legal codices relied less on > religion than rational thought. > > Besides consider such things as the Psychic Friends Network, Jerry > Falwell, > Pat Robertson, creationism etc. Now tell me that we are not very similar > to > the ancient romans? Does the government look to these people for answers? No, my point here is progress; we have come along way from those times > >Our leaders are elected in peaceful public elections, not by monarchy, > >or internal fighting. > > The 2004 election is a good contrast. Also most of the election in the > Roman republic were peaceful. It wasn't until the end of the republic that > violence was used. > > As for the leaders being elected, not by monarchy, agreed, but that is > because we are more of a plutocracy (rule by the rich elite) than the > romans were. > In the senate you are correct; I was more referring to the kings. And also did every person have the right to vote? I don't know for sure, but I don't think they did. Here if you are a citizen over 18, you can vote, at least this is what the law says. I know there are places where people have valid claims of voter fraud, and those should be addressed. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
