Panem et circenses
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Panem et circenses
Where did we go wrong? I blame the puritans that landed here. Because Panem et circenses should include all the cheap thrills.
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Said Peter...what you're requesting just isn't my bag
Said Daemon, who's sorry too, but y'see we didn't have no choice
And our hands they are many and we'd be of one voice
We've come all the way from Wigan to get up and state
Our case for survival before it's too late
Turn stone to bread, said Daemon Duncetan
Turn stone to bread right away...
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Re: Panem et circenses
Bread and circuses. What the common folk need to be happy. Wine, women and song. All forbidden to the Puritans.
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Said Peter...what you're requesting just isn't my bag
Said Daemon, who's sorry too, but y'see we didn't have no choice
And our hands they are many and we'd be of one voice
We've come all the way from Wigan to get up and state
Our case for survival before it's too late
Turn stone to bread, said Daemon Duncetan
Turn stone to bread right away...
http://esabirdsne.blogspot.com/
Said Peter...what you're requesting just isn't my bag
Said Daemon, who's sorry too, but y'see we didn't have no choice
And our hands they are many and we'd be of one voice
We've come all the way from Wigan to get up and state
Our case for survival before it's too late
Turn stone to bread, said Daemon Duncetan
Turn stone to bread right away...
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Re: Panem et circenses
Ah yes, the best way to distract the proles.
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Excuse me, but I'm uneducated. Does this have something to do with Ringling Brothers and a slice of Pizza?
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No.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panem_et_circenses
more the type of circus where you feed Christians to lions.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panem_et_circenses
more the type of circus where you feed Christians to lions.
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Said Peter...what you're requesting just isn't my bag
Said Daemon, who's sorry too, but y'see we didn't have no choice
And our hands they are many and we'd be of one voice
We've come all the way from Wigan to get up and state
Our case for survival before it's too late
Turn stone to bread, said Daemon Duncetan
Turn stone to bread right away...
http://esabirdsne.blogspot.com/
Said Peter...what you're requesting just isn't my bag
Said Daemon, who's sorry too, but y'see we didn't have no choice
And our hands they are many and we'd be of one voice
We've come all the way from Wigan to get up and state
Our case for survival before it's too late
Turn stone to bread, said Daemon Duncetan
Turn stone to bread right away...
Re: Panem et circenses
McDonalds and TV seem to work a treat, besides.
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Re: Panem et circenses
Ele wrote:McDonalds, the internet, Xboxes and TV seem to work a treat, besides.
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Afraid so.
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I disagree with including the internet. Social media and access to global news, not to mention Wikileaks, has encouraged people to become more politically aware, active and to organise dissent.Gawdzilla wrote:Ele wrote:McDonalds, the internet, Xboxes and TV seem to work a treat, besides.
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Farmville.Ele wrote:I disagree with including the internet. Social media and access to global news, not to mention Wikileaks, has encouraged people to become more politically aware, active and to organise dissent.Gawdzilla wrote:Ele wrote:McDonalds, the internet, Xboxes and TV seem to work a treat, besides.
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Well, web porn works.
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Uh? What? Which emperor paid for Romans to get whores on top of the food and shows?Tero wrote:Where did we go wrong? I blame the puritans that landed here. Because Panem et circenses should include all the cheap thrills.
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Re: Panem et circenses
Fuck yeah!!!! It's about time we do that again!!!!Tero wrote:No.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panem_et_circenses
more the type of circus where you feed Christians to lions.
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Juvenal here makes reference to the Roman practice of providing free wheat to Roman citizens as well as costly circus games and other forms of entertainment as a means of gaining political power. The Annona (grain dole) was begun under the instigation of the popularis politician Gaius Sempronius Gracchus in 123 BC; it remained an object of political contention until it was taken under the control of the autocratic Roman emperors.
Juvenal here makes reference to the Roman practice of providing free wheat to Roman citizens as well as costly circus games and other forms of entertainment as a means of gaining political power. The Annona (grain dole) was begun under the instigation of the popularis politician Gaius Sempronius Gracchus in 123 BC; it remained an object of political contention until it was taken under the control of the autocratic Roman emperors.
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