Reversi [none/use name] to main • 4 years ago"We cannot judge the actions of historical figures by the morality of today."message-squaremessage-square49 fedilinkarrow-up1100file-text
arrow-up1100message-square"We cannot judge the actions of historical figures by the morality of today."Reversi [none/use name] to main • 4 years agomessage-square49 Commentsfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareAlexandairBabeuf [they/them]hexbear7·4 years agoutter slander; the answers were "to show the desert who's boss" (a worthy endeavor) and "there can be only one" (the correct way to run an autocratic society) link
minus-squareemizeko [they/them]hexbear8·edit-24 years agoreminds me of Caligula declaring war on Poseidon and ordering his soldiers to whip the sea link
minus-squareAlexandairBabeuf [they/them]hexbear6·4 years agoas I remember no subsequent Emperors needed to whip the sea. What does that tell you? link
minus-squareFrank [he/him, he/him]hexbear6·4 years agoWhen you're the emperor of Rome you can't just say "big gay Roman beach party!" You have to come up with a suitably imperial excuse. link
utter slander; the answers were "to show the desert who's boss" (a worthy endeavor) and "there can be only one" (the correct way to run an autocratic society)
reminds me of Caligula declaring war on Poseidon and ordering his soldiers to whip the sea
as I remember no subsequent Emperors needed to whip the sea. What does that tell you?
When you're the emperor of Rome you can't just say "big gay Roman beach party!" You have to come up with a suitably imperial excuse.