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"whoever conquers a free town and does not demolish it commits a great mistake" "before all else, be armed" |
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Boundless said:
"whoever conquers a free town and does not demolish it commits a great mistake" "before all else, be armed"
O-O O-O O-O O-O O-O O-O NOPE; ITS OFFICIAL. THIS GUY IS EVIL. |
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Boundless said:
"whoever conquers a free town and does not demolish it commits a great mistake" "before all else, be armed"
no offense... but the second one is very American in the 'bring your gun everywhere you go because grocery shopping is dangerous' |
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(from a book) On the other had, we shouldn't forget that Machiavelli supported acts of extreme brutality against potential enemies. Even in the bloody world of the sixteenth century Italy, his open approval of Cesare Borgia's behaiviour seemed shocking. Many of us think there shouldbe b strict limits to what a leader can do to his or her worst enemies, and that these limits should be set by law. If limits aren't set, we end up with savage tyrants. Adolf Hitler, Pol Pot, Idi Amin, Aaddam Hussein, and Robert Mugabe all used the same sort of techniques as Cesare Borgia to stay in power. Not exactly a good advertisment for Machiavelli's philosophy." (Machiavelli openly admired Cesare Borgia) |
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Doom Nah, I get that. People shouldn't be carrying around assault rifles - then again, I'm constantly in West Baltimore for various reasons - mainly, soccer takes me through there on a weekly basis. It is kinda terrifying. |
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Boundless said:
(from a book) On the other had, we shouldn't forget that Machiavelli supported acts of extreme brutality against potential enemies. Even in the bloody world of the sixteenth century Italy, his open approval of Cesare Borgia's behaiviour seemed shocking. Many of us think there shouldbe b strict limits to what a leader can do to his or her worst enemies, and that these limits should be set by law. If limits aren't set, we end up with savage tyrants. Adolf Hitler, Pol Pot, Idi Amin, Aaddam Hussein, and Robert Mugabe all used the same sort of techniques as Cesare Borgia to stay in power. Not exactly a good advertisment for Machiavelli's philosophy." (Machiavelli openly admired Cesare Borgia)
Let me get my time traveling device and some poison... |
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Oh, yes, this dude is... hm. Evil? Then again, he was kicked out of Florence for plotting against the rulers, and was trying to use bribery to get himself back in, hence his book, "The Prince" in which he stated that a ruler should use any means he would like to stay in power. This drove his philosophy, so his evilness was partially due to well... that. |
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OHOHOHOOOHH If y'all thought that was good, wanna listen to Phyrro? |
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Whelp, time to go back and change history. |
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(from another book) "Because our senses quite often mislead us, Pyrrho decided never to trust them. He didn't rule out the possibility that they might be giving him accurate information, but he kept an open mind on the issue. So, wheras most people would take the sight of a cliff edge with a sheer drop as strong evidence that it would be very foolish to keep walking forward, Pyrrho didn't. His senses might be decieving him, so he didn't trust them. Even the feeling of his toes curling over thecliff edge, of the sensation of tipping forward wouldn't have convinced him that falling on to rocks would be so bad for his health. How could he be absolutely sure of that? His friends, who presumably weren't all Sceptics themselves, stopped him from having accidents, but if they hadn't, he would have been in trouble every few minutes." |
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