Comments on: Empires Never Use Condoms: Iraq and Deuteronomy http://happymortal.com/2008/11/empires-never-use-condoms-iraq-and-deuteronomy/ This life, well-lived. Thu, 27 May 2010 00:04:07 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: rekonstruct http://happymortal.com/2008/11/empires-never-use-condoms-iraq-and-deuteronomy/comment-page-1/#comment-171 rekonstruct Mon, 24 Nov 2008 18:22:14 +0000 http://happymortal.com/?p=334#comment-171 Rome fell before it arose. Its history, its politics, its technology, its culture, all borrowed. Rome's history is one of implementation, not invention. And when your power to expand comes from the people that you subjugate, there is a definitive end to your expansion. Rome fell before it arose. Its history, its politics, its technology, its culture, all borrowed. Rome’s history is one of implementation, not invention. And when your power to expand comes from the people that you subjugate, there is a definitive end to your expansion.

]]> By: willwindow http://happymortal.com/2008/11/empires-never-use-condoms-iraq-and-deuteronomy/comment-page-1/#comment-166 willwindow Sat, 22 Nov 2008 01:31:47 +0000 http://happymortal.com/?p=334#comment-166 Thanks Liesl. When our demise comes, I wonder what form it will take. When exactly did Rome fall? Can we say that the Holy Roman Empire was an extension of Rome? If it was, then Rome lasted for a long long time. Thanks Liesl. When our demise comes, I wonder what form it will take. When exactly did Rome fall? Can we say that the Holy Roman Empire was an extension of Rome? If it was, then Rome lasted for a long long time.

]]> By: Liesl http://happymortal.com/2008/11/empires-never-use-condoms-iraq-and-deuteronomy/comment-page-1/#comment-165 Liesl Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:24:50 +0000 http://happymortal.com/?p=334#comment-165 I've wondered something similar. We can compare ourselves to the Roman Empire and I see our demise sooner than latter. And, what will they say about us 2,000 years later? And, will they read our blogs? I love thinking about that too. What we leave behind gives a picture of who we are as an "empire". Our constitution being the greatest (however outdated can come across to us today). Anyway, great thoughts. I’ve wondered something similar.

We can compare ourselves to the Roman Empire and I see our demise sooner than latter. And, what will they say about us 2,000 years later? And, will they read our blogs? I love thinking about that too. What we leave behind gives a picture of who we are as an “empire”. Our constitution being the greatest (however outdated can come across to us today).

Anyway, great thoughts.

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