Hmmm...one could argue that a lot of people seem to view the news as this. Our side shooting the hell out of a caricature of some scary enemy. Woo! Cue Skyhooks.
You do know there's enough evidence to support that in the old times it wasn't to the death either right?Xan Krieger said:Welcome citizen, to the great city of Rome. The gladitorial games are about to start, would you care to join me? Today it's going to be men vs men, women vs women, and a few convicts are going to be mauled by wild animals, it's going to be a splendid show. What say you, friend?
OOC: If the concept of gladiators was revived would you watch it? For the sake of modern times it's only between willing participants. Personally I would, seen enough videos of people dying for me to figure my stomach would be strong enough.
Sometimes it was, sometimes it was not. Cheaper not to kill people off, but by the same token, when you are a rich Roman wanting to show off your wealth, you might well get lots of people killed.Politrukk said:You do know there's enough evidence to support that in the old times it wasn't to the death either right?Xan Krieger said:Welcome citizen, to the great city of Rome. The gladitorial games are about to start, would you care to join me? Today it's going to be men vs men, women vs women, and a few convicts are going to be mauled by wild animals, it's going to be a splendid show. What say you, friend?
OOC: If the concept of gladiators was revived would you watch it? For the sake of modern times it's only between willing participants. Personally I would, seen enough videos of people dying for me to figure my stomach would be strong enough.
Gladiatorial competition was entertainment that required little thought to understand and was implemented as a way to distract the masses from the real problems the empire would not or could not mend. We Already Have That. Baseball, American and real Football, the Olympics, way too much etc. have diverted attention so much that who gets to play is national news.Xan Krieger said:OOC: If the concept of gladiators was revived would you watch it? For the sake of modern times it's only between willing participants. Personally I would, seen enough videos of people dying for me to figure my stomach would be strong enough.
You say that as if people don't kill and maime people anyways. People get killed all the time. From other people and animals. Hell people go out of their way to find this stuff online to watch it. It's not that big of a stretch to say people would go to a colloseum to watch legalized events.Steve Waltz said:Fuck no. Absolutely fuck no.
It?s kind of funny, considering that I?m the kind of guy that idolizes masculinity. Still, I?m not interested in watching people stab, mutilate, and murder each other. Really, I wouldn?t be able to watch those people cutting each other up, and I?m honestly surprised at all of those ?Yes? votes. I can watch fights fine, but watching people die for real isn?t my thing. Death, in my eyes, is a bad thing, and isn?t anything I can be entertained by.
However, movie and video game deaths are entertaining to me because it?s all fantasy; no one actually died. I know myself; I would get sad if someone dies in real life. Whether they died for entertainment, or died being a hero by saving someone from a fire, I would still feel bad if someone dies. However, when it comes to movies and video games, no one actually dies, so it?s not depressing at all. I can be entertained by that knowing that none of it is real.
That was a thing for a while in both the UK and US.Fijiman said:The only way I see gladiatorial combat making a comeback in this day and age is if it's robots beating the shit out of one another until one or the other no longer functions.
Have you seen what's on television these days? To be honest I'm surprised they haven't already.Dynast Brass said:I'm sorry, people trip and fall to their deaths every day too. Are you suggesting that tragic fact is an argument for televising that as a sport?Lufia Erim said:You say that as if people don't kill and maime people anyways. People get killed all the time. From other people and animals. Hell people go out of their way to find this stuff online to watch it. It's not that big of a stretch to say people would go to a colloseum to watch legalized events.Steve Waltz said:Fuck no. Absolutely fuck no.
It?s kind of funny, considering that I?m the kind of guy that idolizes masculinity. Still, I?m not interested in watching people stab, mutilate, and murder each other. Really, I wouldn?t be able to watch those people cutting each other up, and I?m honestly surprised at all of those ?Yes? votes. I can watch fights fine, but watching people die for real isn?t my thing. Death, in my eyes, is a bad thing, and isn?t anything I can be entertained by.
However, movie and video game deaths are entertaining to me because it?s all fantasy; no one actually died. I know myself; I would get sad if someone dies in real life. Whether they died for entertainment, or died being a hero by saving someone from a fire, I would still feel bad if someone dies. However, when it comes to movies and video games, no one actually dies, so it?s not depressing at all. I can be entertained by that knowing that none of it is real.