Fear of Modernity and Technology Is Fueling a Return to Medievalism

Started by jimmy olsen, March 18, 2015, 07:51:25 PM

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Ideologue

#45
March 19, 2015, 07:24:49 PM
I live in a state with advanced Castle Doctrine jurisprudence.  I could shoot them in the parking lot.
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Eddie Teach

#46
March 19, 2015, 07:25:46 PM
They will probably shoot themselves in the foot when they drop their weapons anyway.
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Ed Anger

#47
March 19, 2015, 07:27:09 PM
Cal isn't invited
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Ideologue

#48
March 19, 2015, 07:36:26 PM
^_^
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Siege

#49
March 23, 2015, 01:27:51 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on March 19, 2015, 07:16:09 PM
I would feed you 1000 calories a day.

You need 1500 to be combat effective.


"All men are created equal, then some become infantry."

"Those who beat their swords into plowshares will plow for those who don't."

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Ed Anger

#50
March 23, 2015, 06:43:29 PM
Quote from: Siege on March 23, 2015, 01:27:51 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on March 19, 2015, 07:16:09 PM
I would feed you 1000 calories a day.

You need 1500 to be combat effective.

Ide will be in a labor battalion. Plenty more to replace him.
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Sheilbh

#51
March 23, 2015, 06:48:00 PM
I hate how anti-Medieval people are <_< :(
Let's bomb Russia!

The Minsky Moment

#52
March 23, 2015, 10:41:22 PM
The medieval period was OK, if you don't place a very high value on life expectancy, literacy and sanitation.
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Tonitrus

#53
March 23, 2015, 10:42:36 PM
It was probably good to be the king.

Ed would likely be invoking prima nocta all over the place.

Eddie Teach

#54
March 23, 2015, 10:45:25 PM
You could have all the stinky, hairy pussy and locally grown delicacies you desired. OTOH, no climate control and the streets smelled like India.
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Tonitrus

#55
March 23, 2015, 10:47:01 PM
I imagine the people at the time were desensitized to the stink.

The Minsky Moment

#56
March 23, 2015, 10:48:50 PM
Quote from: Tonitrus on March 23, 2015, 10:42:36 PM
It was probably good to be the king.

A decent middle class person in the West has a higher living standard in most respects,

Someone _ I think it was Daniel Walker Howe _ made the argument that as late as the early-mid 19th centuries one the disadvantages of being rich and powerful was that you could afford the best doctors and medical care available.  Which was a big negative as the treatments tended to be both painful and more likely to kill than doing nothing.
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Tonitrus

#57
March 23, 2015, 10:51:25 PM
Hmm, probably true.

It was good to be a rich Jewish merchant in service to the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire?

Valmy

#58
March 23, 2015, 10:54:36 PM
The Ottoman Empire is not really medieval. Well ok I guess its early stages were but there was a lack of rich merchants at that point.
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Tonitrus

#59
March 23, 2015, 11:05:53 PM Last Edit: March 23, 2015, 11:07:37 PM by Tonitrus
Quote from: Valmy on March 23, 2015, 10:54:36 PM
The Ottoman Empire is not really medieval. Well ok I guess its early stages were but there was a lack of rich merchants at that point.

Call it a failed attempt at tying in an idea from the belief that medieval Islamic medicinal practice was far in advance of Europe.

It was good to be some middle eastern sultan?  (plus Christian guilt-free harems!)
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