Looks like it is kicking off in Sweden

[Gibbon]

apparently not

The Edithorial: How Enoch Powell Got Vergil Wrong

"Of course Aeneas was going to have a few spats with the prejudiced and xenophobic indigenous Italians, but he brought Trojan style and enterprise, accepted that his people needed to learn the indigenous language if they were to stay, and helped found the alliance of peoples which constituted the Roman Republic. If the sophisticated Trojans hadn’t come to Italy, it would have remained the narrow-minded provincial backwater they discovered there. Instead, they (along with the locals and immigrants from Greece who had already got there) helped create the economic miracle that was ancient Rome."


So it's Ok to invade a backwater? As long as you bring 'civilisation' then slaughter, sorry 'spats' are ok?

Economic miracle? Rome was never more more than a subsistence economy driven to it's limit, underpinned by plunder and slavery.

Hall is a self-promoting Greek professor constantly trying to advertise the supposed relevancy of ancient, and particularly Greek culture. It isn't relevant, in any way, far too alien, but is fascinating in its own right.

[SueEllen]

Quite. Totally unpreventable given all the lorries on the roads in cities.

Maybe we should stop this daft PC pretence that the current wave of terrorism in Europe it is nothing to do with migrants and minorities, the products of previous migration, and control our borders properly. If we only took in high performers who accept our core values and integrate we would not have these problems.

Odd..

All the recent terrorism comes via imans who were given money to indoctrinated people via Saudi Arabia. Saudis aren't exactly poor.

[vetran]

According to the comments below the blog that is a load of tosh.

Indeed I just though bet she is a bremainer.

[xoggoth]

Of course Aeneas was going to have a few spats with the prejudiced and xenophobic indigenous Italians

Ah. A mention of ancient history and Gibbon is back. How ya doin' Gibbon?

[vetran]

Ah. A mention of ancient history and Gibbon is back. How ya doin' Gibbon?

Funky?

[Gibbon]

Ah. A mention of ancient history and Gibbon is back. How ya doin' Gibbon?

Not so bad Xogg, seems a long time from mad dancing at Xmas 2005 in Derby. You Ok? I went back to RR a few times, each time worse, never again.

[xoggoth]

Still managing the mad dancing. RR was certainly one of the most boring contracts I ever had even by aircraft standards. What happened to erm.. forgotten his name now, that nice chap you sat next to? (Mike?)

[NotAllThere]

Ah. A mention of ancient history and Gibbon is back. How ya doin' Gibbon?

I've just started reading his book. Fascinating stuff.

[Gibbon]

Still managing the mad dancing. RR was certainly one of the most boring contracts I ever had even by aircraft standards. What happened to erm.. forgotten his name now, that nice chap you sat next to? (Mike?)

Yes it was Mike. He's up at Warton, I was there with him for a while until last year. He's just come out of a long-term relationship and is nowTindering his heart out.

[Gibbon]

BTW Xogg, Mike sends his regards and says he still has some dodgy photos of you dancing with that bird in Derby!