tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829599.post85174653..comments2024-01-28T00:20:40.933-08:00Comments on Agoraphilia: Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829599.post-74909238857266981342007-03-20T10:03:00.000-07:002007-03-20T10:03:00.000-07:00I think a more applicable analogy might be the Chr...I think a more applicable analogy might be the Christian Crusades. Some people take a gentle religion and decide those who live outside their moral rules should conform or be eliminated. They see us as “heathens” if you will. For a culture who feels women should remain mostly if not entirely covered a society that produces shows like Baywatch and openly discusses sexuality would certainly represent the “Great Satan”. I think the only way to “defend” ourselves would be to become social isolationists and cut off the movement of people. I see no other defense to acts like 9/11. Don’t get me wrong I am not happy about how we are handling this now but I am not ready to give up my freedom of speech (crap like Baywatch), my freedom of religion (becoming Muslim) or my freedom of movement (social isolationism). I think this is going to require us to fight in some manner for our cultural survival.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829599.post-52145029721472020672007-02-12T15:24:00.000-08:002007-02-12T15:24:00.000-08:00To follow up on the last comment, Rome was no long...To follow up on the last comment, Rome was no longer expanding by the time it faced serious threats from Germanic barbarians. It doesn't make much sense to me to suggest that Roman expansion casued this problem by provoking the Germans' ire. Moreover, the Germanic tribes did not invade because they were angry at Rome or Roman policy. In large part they were being driven by the Westward expansion of the Huns. I just don't see the anti-war analogy here. which is presumably that Muslims are only attacking the West because we have provoked them through neo-imperialist expansion.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829599.post-14624117491435641252007-02-12T11:51:00.000-08:002007-02-12T11:51:00.000-08:00As I remember, 95% of the expansion of Rome happen...As I remember, 95% of the expansion of Rome happened during the Republic. The only territories that I recall being added to the Empire were Britain, Dacia (Romania), and Armenia. (Hadrian did conquer Mesopotamia, but that conquest lapsed soon afterwards.) If Rome was overextended, the overextension is due to territories conquered by the Republic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com