democracy

[AlfredJPruffock]

It dismays me to read Threaded being mocked - he is without question one of the most valuable contributors on this board.

That's it.

 

[sasguru]

It dismays me to read Threaded being mocked - he is without question one of the most valuable contrubutors on this board.

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Well certainly one of the largest.

 

[xoggoth]

PS Good bloke Hoxha. First officially atheist state.

 

[sasguru]

PS Good bloke Hoxha. First officially atheist state.

Going senile, old chap?

 

[xoggoth]

It's a new enlightened state beyond senility and approaching godhead.

 

[Gonzo]

I think there's a phrase used for life back then, when you weren't one of the landed gentry: nasty, brutish and short.

That phrase was actually used in the seventeenth century by Thomas Hobbes in his book Leviathan to describe what life would be like if humans existed in a state of anarchy and therefore why a government (of some sort) is needed.

He wasn't using it to describe life in the past.

If you want an insight to life in the nineteenth century then I think Dickens is a good place to start because he was concerned about how bad urban life was for people. It was bad.

Hobbes himself lived to the age of 91.

 

[Gonzo]

Go read some history books instead of posting boys own fantasy bollocks about how medieval England was more democratic then 21st century Britain, or that somehow living in the feudal system was a pleasant experience.

I always found it delightful that the City of London is still (ceremonially) organised in the medieval fashion and that didn't change after 1066 because the City of London told William the Conquerer to **** off*.

Walking around the City today you still come across the plates listing the Alderman and other officers.

http://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/Corporation/LGNL_Services/Council_and_democracy/Councillors_democracy_and_elections/ward_boundaries.htm



*Strictly speaking I believe the City of London told the new King that if he kept his nose out of their business they wouldn't cause any trouble over him being king. Either way, the City of London is not in the Domesday Book.

 

[fckvwls]

Oi! Ferret, did you delete my post?