Thursday 5 May 2011

The death of Bin Laden: The classical take

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

4 comments:

Ironmistress said...

Another celebrity of the antiquity comes to my mind.

Alcibiades.

eon said...

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

jayessell said...

eon..
You mean T Shirt guy?

Sergej said...

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 ?