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General => The Superdeep Borehole => Topic started by: CajoleJuice on February 09, 2008, 03:26:18 AM

Title: I'm watching "Caligula: Reign of Madness"
Post by: CajoleJuice on February 09, 2008, 03:26:18 AM: History Channel!
Title: Re: I'm watching "Caligula: Reign of Madness"
Post by: TVC15 on February 09, 2008, 04:02:00 AM: I dun get cable, but I know everything they're going to say anyway. There is only one "real" source of direct info on Caligula, and it's not one that can be taken seriously. Same goes for Nero. It appears that the currently accepted way to talk about both of them is to precede every sentence with caveats concerning the verity of the following claim. Since Caligula doesn't come up so often, he can generally be safely ignored. Since Nero has had 2 millennia of Christian bullshitting working against him, it seems okay to pretend that he did the terrible things attributed to him.
Title: Re: I'm watching "Caligula: Reign of Madness"
Post by: Joe Molotov on February 09, 2008, 06:15:55 AM: Quote from: TVC 15 on February 09, 2008, 04:02:00 AM
There is only one "real" source of direct info on Caligula

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Title: Re: I'm watching "Caligula: Reign of Madness"
Post by: lordmaji on February 09, 2008, 03:41:09 PM: Quote from: CajoleJuice on February 09, 2008, 03:26:18 AM
History Channel!

Hell yeah, Hist Chan is the best chan. Also Hist International = awesome :)

I tivo'd the Caligula thing. :) Him and Nero were some nutters.
Title: Re: I'm watching "Caligula: Reign of Madness"
Post by: HyperZoneWasAwesome on February 09, 2008, 07:59:02 PM: Yeah, last two times I watched the "History" Channel, they had documentaries on Edgar Cayse (renowned psychic and successor to Nostradamus) and another one on whether or not the Atlantis civilization built the Egyptian pyramids. You know, because those sand distinguished black fellows were just too backwards to construct something as grand as the pyramids*.

*Implied message.

So, I don't take the History Channel so seriously anymore.
Title: Re: I'm watching "Caligula: Reign of Madness"
Post by: Eric P on February 09, 2008, 08:12:01 PM: Quote from: HyperZoneWasAwesome on February 09, 2008, 07:59:02 PM
Yeah, last two times I watched the "History" Channel, they had documentaries on Edgar Cayse (renowned psychic and successor to Nostradamus) and another one on whether or not the Atlantis civilization built the Egyptian pyramids. You know, because those sand distinguished black fellows were just too backwards to construct something as grand as the pyramids*.

*Implied message.

So, I don't take the History Channel so seriously anymore.

that's ok.

the hollow earth people taught the atlanteans all they know

what? you thought them water distinguished black fellows could teach anyone anything original?

pshaw.

get a clue.
Title: Re: I'm watching "Caligula: Reign of Madness"
Post by: Olivia Wilde Homo on February 11, 2008, 01:31:58 PM: Most of Nero and Caligula's records were written mostly by one person, who hated them both. It would be similar to "The Life of Jimmy Carter" by Rush Limbaugh.
Title: Re: I'm watching "Caligula: Reign of Madness"
Post by: lordmaji on February 11, 2008, 05:22:00 PM: Quote from: The Experiment on February 11, 2008, 01:31:58 PM
Most of Nero and Caligula's records were written mostly by one person, who hated them both. It would be similar to "The Life of Jimmy Carter" by Rush Limbaugh.

This NEEDS to be written. :lol