Comments on: McCain Wants You To Sit In Traffic Gridlock http://forge.ironrealms.com/2008/09/26/mccain-wants-you-to-sit-in-traffic-gridlock/ A blog on virtual worlds, games, and digital content, from Matt Mihaly Tue, 06 Jan 2009 07:49:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.3 by: wowpanda http://forge.ironrealms.com/2008/09/26/mccain-wants-you-to-sit-in-traffic-gridlock/#comment-83223 Wed, 01 Oct 2008 14:22:49 +0000 http://forge.ironrealms.com/2008/09/26/mccain-wants-you-to-sit-in-traffic-gridlock/#comment-83223 Thanks to the link to Gibbon, that was a interesting read. I must say Gibbon had courage, because the church is powerful those days and they burn people!! Anyone who could do that should be remembered. But I do disagree your position on Rome, because after the roman empire collapsed, for a VERY long time, it has been a huge regression. People are torn apart between warlords/barbarians, and I remember a comment on history channel, the narrator said for a long time, when people walk alone the ruins of the roman empire, they must thought to themselves how they have regressed. The exact cause of the fall of roman empire is still not clear. Some say it is the Christians, which is possible, but if you look at US today, most of the Christians are pro-military. I think we can compare the roman empire to today's US. When people getting rich and a comfortable life, they no longer want to join the military and do the hard work (some even hates the military for one reason or the other). Before Attila attacks Rome, some roman citizens cut their thumbs off to avoid draft. After the fall of Roman empire, people all live in harder life and with more conflict, but in those conflicts grow out tougher people and those people, who are tougher, less corrupted (because corrupt means defeat) and they are the bases of the modern western countries. We might just be at the peak of the big cycle. Thanks to the link to Gibbon, that was a interesting read. I must say Gibbon had courage, because the church is powerful those days and they burn people!! Anyone who could do that should be remembered.

But I do disagree your position on Rome, because after the roman empire collapsed, for a VERY long time, it has been a huge regression. People are torn apart between warlords/barbarians, and I remember a comment on history channel, the narrator said for a long time, when people walk alone the ruins of the roman empire, they must thought to themselves how they have regressed.

The exact cause of the fall of roman empire is still not clear. Some say it is the Christians, which is possible, but if you look at US today, most of the Christians are pro-military. I think we can compare the roman empire to today’s US. When people getting rich and a comfortable life, they no longer want to join the military and do the hard work (some even hates the military for one reason or the other). Before Attila attacks Rome, some roman citizens cut their thumbs off to avoid draft. After the fall of Roman empire, people all live in harder life and with more conflict, but in those conflicts grow out tougher people and those people, who are tougher, less corrupted (because corrupt means defeat) and they are the bases of the modern western countries. We might just be at the peak of the big cycle.

]]> by: Matt http://forge.ironrealms.com/2008/09/26/mccain-wants-you-to-sit-in-traffic-gridlock/#comment-83135 Tue, 30 Sep 2008 05:48:10 +0000 http://forge.ironrealms.com/2008/09/26/mccain-wants-you-to-sit-in-traffic-gridlock/#comment-83135 Ahh, so it's kind of like "pieces of flair"? You just need to have enough of them, but there are lots of options for your flair? My goodness, American presidential politics is certainly serious business. --matt Ahh, so it’s kind of like “pieces of flair”? You just need to have enough of them, but there are lots of options for your flair? My goodness, American presidential politics is certainly serious business.

–matt

]]> by: Jonathan C. http://forge.ironrealms.com/2008/09/26/mccain-wants-you-to-sit-in-traffic-gridlock/#comment-83134 Tue, 30 Sep 2008 05:44:15 +0000 http://forge.ironrealms.com/2008/09/26/mccain-wants-you-to-sit-in-traffic-gridlock/#comment-83134 He wore a bracelet in honor of a fallen soldier, which to me seems just as symbolic as a flag pin. In fact, it's even more personal. Our flag may create patriotic feelings, but I don't know anyone who can be indifferent to soldiers lost in combat. Regardless of whether the combat itself is "good" or not. He wore a bracelet in honor of a fallen soldier, which to me seems just as symbolic as a flag pin. In fact, it’s even more personal. Our flag may create patriotic feelings, but I don’t know anyone who can be indifferent to soldiers lost in combat. Regardless of whether the combat itself is “good” or not.

]]> by: Matt http://forge.ironrealms.com/2008/09/26/mccain-wants-you-to-sit-in-traffic-gridlock/#comment-83100 Mon, 29 Sep 2008 19:44:29 +0000 http://forge.ironrealms.com/2008/09/26/mccain-wants-you-to-sit-in-traffic-gridlock/#comment-83100 Yeah, that was the point of the post! Why aren't there conservatives bitching about McCain's loyalty? It's ridiculous to assume that because you're a Democrat you need to defend your patriotism whereas Republicans, who have done their best to wreck this country, don't have to. Yeah, that was the point of the post! Why aren’t there conservatives bitching about McCain’s loyalty? It’s ridiculous to assume that because you’re a Democrat you need to defend your patriotism whereas Republicans, who have done their best to wreck this country, don’t have to.

]]> by: David McGraw http://forge.ironrealms.com/2008/09/26/mccain-wants-you-to-sit-in-traffic-gridlock/#comment-83099 Mon, 29 Sep 2008 19:42:47 +0000 http://forge.ironrealms.com/2008/09/26/mccain-wants-you-to-sit-in-traffic-gridlock/#comment-83099 The hilarity really comes to light when you actually remember when Barack Obama was being ridiculed when he didn't wear a flag pin. The hilarity really comes to light when you actually remember when Barack Obama was being ridiculed when he didn’t wear a flag pin.

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