So what have we learned in 2,065 years?

[havasu]

"The budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled, public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed lest Rome become bankrupt. People must again learn to work, instead of living on public assistance."


Cicero - 55 BC


Apparently nothing.

[vindicated]

I laughed. A lot.

[jeepcache]

that it's really hard to rub your belly and pat your head simultaneously

[JCJ]

Part of that is my sigline at JF.

[Brian]

I'll see your Cicero and raise you a Plato: "The penalty good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men."

Two things I can conclude from Cicero and Plato: 1. people haven't changed in a couple thousand years, and 2. we haven't learned some very important lessons.

[Austin]

Same as it ever was. The only thing progressing is time.

[Jake7]

ahhh the power of political correctness and laziness...

[VaporLung]

Originally Posted by Austin

Same as it ever was. The only thing progressing is time.

[Funetical]

Further proof the further we progress the less we advance.