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66. I was thinking like that

Sat Nov 15, 2014, 04:56 PM

Nov 2014

It is likely people we haven't heard of, behind the scenes. Or general categories. The corporatists, the banksters and the media moguls

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If you were writing Dante's Inferno, who are the three people in the center of the 9th circle? [View all] True Blue Door Nov 2014 OP

Easy. If I were writing Dante's Inferno today, I'd just include many more than 3 people in . merrily Nov 2014 #1

Hitler's malice is the greatest of all time. True Blue Door Nov 2014 #3

Not in my view. YOUR hypothetical is that this is my book. I must require you to live with it. merrily Nov 2014 #10

Jesus have you like.. BlindTiresias Nov 2014 #17

Who was greater in its time? True Blue Door Nov 2014 #19

Han Dynasty BlindTiresias Nov 2014 #30

Really? Han Dynasty *monarchy* was more humanistic and democratic than Rome? True Blue Door Nov 2014 #48

Han dynasty had an excellent quality of life for most of its duration. BlindTiresias Nov 2014 #57

Man does not live by bread alone. True Blue Door Nov 2014 #69

No we appeal to Greece and Rome because of historic lineage BlindTiresias Nov 2014 #71

Reagan, Hitler, Stalin would all be in the 10th Circle in my version IdiocracyTheNewNorm Nov 2014 #2

Reagan's crimes were mainly of deliberate negligence. True Blue Door Nov 2014 #4

His evil went far and wide and we are still dealing with the consequences today IdiocracyTheNewNorm Nov 2014 #7

Most of Reagan's henchmen were Nixon's unindicted people. True Blue Door Nov 2014 #9

and the common element for both was Cheney IdiocracyTheNewNorm Nov 2014 #15

But we are biased because we feel the direct effects of those monsters. True Blue Door Nov 2014 #20

Times were a bit different in Julius Caesar's time then in the more modern time period of today IdiocracyTheNewNorm Nov 2014 #25

Hitler created spaceflight (via Von Braun), the Volkswagen, jet aircraft, and freeways. True Blue Door Nov 2014 #29

Don’t forget really stylish uniforms too, those Nazis were pretty sharp dressers! IdiocracyTheNewNorm Nov 2014 #35

Yup. No one will besmirch Hitler's fashion sense. True Blue Door Nov 2014 #47

It is more interesting then the current black or blue suit with white shirt IdiocracyTheNewNorm Nov 2014 #50

Cheney, AKA "His Divine Shadow." True Blue Door Nov 2014 #52

Both Obama and Hillary put Reagan on their respective lists of 10 best US POTUS ever merrily Nov 2014 #5

I guess a really shitty one with principals. IdiocracyTheNewNorm Nov 2014 #8

So sorry, my compatriot. Principles are just so over. merrily Nov 2014 #14

Obama respects Reagan's "message-eering." True Blue Door Nov 2014 #12

Satan is at the center of the 9th circle, not the 10th circle Fortinbras Armstrong Nov 2014 #6

Yes, it was in deep trouble. And what did Caesar do with that trouble? True Blue Door Nov 2014 #13

Ever heard of a guy called Sulla? BlindTiresias Nov 2014 #16

The guy who voluntarily retired from dictatorship? True Blue Door Nov 2014 #21

Yeah BlindTiresias Nov 2014 #28

He killed lots of people without pretense. True Blue Door Nov 2014 #32

Ok BlindTiresias Nov 2014 #33

If it hadn't been Caesar Fortinbras Armstrong Nov 2014 #22

Would you accept that as a criminal defense of murder? True Blue Door Nov 2014 #24

Caesar was just the last one in a line of people Fortinbras Armstrong Nov 2014 #36

Yeah, your appraisal of Gaius Julius is dead wrong BlindTiresias Nov 2014 #11

My assessment of Caesar is simply based on his own words True Blue Door Nov 2014 #18

Jesus christ, liberty? BlindTiresias Nov 2014 #27

The technological concepts I refer to were invented in the Hellenistic era. True Blue Door Nov 2014 #37

Nooo BlindTiresias Nov 2014 #41

Tell me: What did Caesar do to capitalize on the extant advances of his time? True Blue Door Nov 2014 #45

The roman republic was not a democracy BlindTiresias Nov 2014 #59

The Roman Republic had been dying for years when Caesar came on the political scene. Fortinbras Armstrong Nov 2014 #34

I don't think so. True Blue Door Nov 2014 #49

The Senate were the ones preying on the weakened state BlindTiresias Nov 2014 #58

Easy and In order of the ammount of people killed. imthevicar Nov 2014 #23

If numbers of people killed are the standard, where's Genghis Khan? True Blue Door Nov 2014 #38

Well, or Tamerlane, with the pyramids of skulls, but the list is long. bemildred Nov 2014 #54

I was thinking like that treestar Nov 2014 #66

Dante put traitors in the very center of hell. woo me with science Nov 2014 #26

Caesar was the king of such vipers. True Blue Door Nov 2014 #39

Dick Cheney Chemisse Nov 2014 #31

No one here will deny that Cheney and Reagan were evil. True Blue Door Nov 2014 #42

GMTA! I was just going to ask if we'd forgotten Dick Cheney... Rhiannon12866 Nov 2014 #44

But would he be in the top 3? True Blue Door Nov 2014 #46

Good point. But I do have the perspective of my particular lifetime Rhiannon12866 Nov 2014 #63

Also your Roman industrial rev notion is an absurdity BlindTiresias Nov 2014 #40

Actually, steam power existed in the Hellenistic era. True Blue Door Nov 2014 #43

jesus christ stop watching 300 BlindTiresias Nov 2014 #61

Thanks.... Island Deac Nov 2014 #51

Mao, Stalin, and Hitler if you want to go by sheer indefatigable killing. bemildred Nov 2014 #53

Something people may find interesting about Brutus rpannier Nov 2014 #55

I think you should spare Nixon. Vinca Nov 2014 #56

"History supplies little more than a list of people who have helped themselves to the property Tierra_y_Libertad Nov 2014 #60

Cheney, Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz Old Nick Nov 2014 #62

That you need to read more Roman history, possibly something from a different perspective. Rowdyboy Nov 2014 #64

Meh. I don't have any faith in the naratives of history. hunter Nov 2014 #65

Hitler, Stalin, Pol Pot. stevenleser Nov 2014 #67

Lee Atwater, Karl Rove, Cheney no_hypocrisy Nov 2014 #68

Antiquties - Nero, Caligula, Caesar Rex Nov 2014 #70