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Thursday, 5 May 2011

The death of Bin Laden: The classical take

Not so much Hannibal as Nero–maybe not even that.

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4 comments:

  1. IronmistressThursday, 5 May 2011 at 01:42:00 GMT-7

    Another celebrity of the antiquity comes to my mind.

    Alcibiades.

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  2. eonThursday, 5 May 2011 at 03:32:00 GMT-7

    Ironmistress;

    Also Vercingetorix. Who met his end with a great deal more dignity than Nero. And who earned that dignity on the battlefield.

    As for the new and budding romanticization of UBL, after the half-century of Ernesto "Che'" Guevara being the heartthrob of the "enlightened ones" both in Europe and here, it wouldn't surprise me a bit.

    Disappoint me, though- that, it would do.

    cheers

    eon

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  3. jayessellThursday, 5 May 2011 at 04:45:00 GMT-7

    eon..
    You mean T Shirt guy?

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  4. SergejThursday, 5 May 2011 at 05:13:00 GMT-7

    Not a worthy or honorable enemy. Neither is a mad dog.

    jayessell: tee-shirt guy, you mean this guy--- http://thepeoplescube.com/store/che_guevara.php ?

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