tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6063082298859646179.post8950785923536733633..comments2020-05-17T02:02:34.956-07:00Comments on Obsessquious: I don't watch much TV...CeeJayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08722938522861740092noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6063082298859646179.post-59234489502081545322011-07-04T16:07:10.832-07:002011-07-04T16:07:10.832-07:00I think it's interesting that as great empire-...I think it's interesting that as great empire-builders, the Romans were usually very tolerant of local religions in subjugated areas. I think they may have feared that local gods could potentially be more powerful than their own, so they tried to appropriate them and add them in syncretic form to the Roman pantheon--after getting rid of British human sacrifice, and a few other things they didn't go for. I once read an article that argued that the sects that tended to be presecuted by various Roman emperors were the once that vocally and overtly rejected the state religion and insisted their god was the only one...And onto the burning of the library.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6063082298859646179.post-86713167617871259242011-07-04T15:59:28.370-07:002011-07-04T15:59:28.370-07:00I think the point is that you're not actually ...I think the point is that you're not actually supposed to find it very funny...its dark, dark humour...I think that's why I like it. And I suspect its where he's planned to take it all along but needed to do the lighter stuff first so he could get the funding. Interesting...CeeJayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08722938522861740092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6063082298859646179.post-81940977403388778372011-07-04T10:45:52.998-07:002011-07-04T10:45:52.998-07:00I don't get Angry Boys. I don't understand...I don't get Angry Boys. I don't understand what I am supposed to find funny about any of the scenarios or any of the characters. It's definitely not Summer Heights High and certainly not on the same planet as things like Curb Your Enthusiasm. I don't know - I just don't have the time or energy to work out what he's trying to say and not sure I even care.<br /><br />SandraAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com