[lit-ideas] Re: Salamis, and is Western Civilization worth saving?
- From: Mike Geary <jejunejesuit.geary2@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2010 15:07:44 -0500
LAWRENCE:
If a Greek city surrendered to Persia then it wasn't invaded. Tribute was
paid and a deal was struck, but once you fought against Persia then your
doom was sealed. Men were killed or taken into slavery, women raped or
enslaved children and old people killed -- who wanted that? It was much
better, those 1469 Greek States believed, to surrender and pay tribute. Of
course that option wasn't open to Athens, Sparta and a few others. They had
fought against Persia in the past; so they needed to be punished. Surrender
was not an option for the ancestors of our Western Civilization -- although
it seems to be an option for the European heirs to this civilization.
MOI: So what's your point? Better dead than Red? Better Red than dead?
Mike Geary
hoping he gets read before he's dead.
Memphis
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