They say that those who ignore history are doomed to repeat it, so pay attention for Christ's sake. It turns out that many of our ancestors achieved levels of violence that take them right out of the realm of "badass" and into the less cool area of ball-shriveling atrocity.Not only that, but the Spartans aren't even the most badass. Most of what was shown in 300 was historically accurate - in fact, from the description, it seems like 300 was a soft-sell of Spartan aggression... These guys made pretty much every other army on the face of the earth look like a bunch of Cub Scouts. And they weren't even the worst of the bunch!These are the civilizations you don't want to face during, say, your next time travel adventure. And yes, the Spartans are down there.
On the other hand, they didn't have to deal with income tax, the IRS, or Mondays...
That is all.
Link found at Northeastshooters forum.
2 comments:
Interesting to think that, thanks to John Moses Browning, you could pit a petite 5'3" woman against the hardiest warrior from aeons past and she'd have a fighting chance.
As a American of Hungarian descent, whose ancestors go all the way back to the time (circa 895 A.D.) they decided to live in the World's Biggest Box Canyon (the Danube River Plain), I can attest to the fact that the Mongols have, indeed earned the #1 spot to date. But don't let my Celtic-Ancestored Wife know I said that.
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