SJConspirator » 30 Nov 2022, 7:20 pm » wrote: ↑ that is like choosing an ideal ice cream flavor.. I love many different kinds of ice cream.
I don’t think there is an ideal, but I can pick a few from history that I like.
ancient Sparta, Ancient Rome
modern Scandinavian countries, Sweden , Belgium, Denmark, Wales etc..
America circa 1955
Flour is a key element in a crepe or a cake or a cookie.Skans » 30 Nov 2022, 2:30 pm » wrote: ↑ Violence is a key element in making and sustaining a nation. I know of no nation that ever existed without violence and bloodshed. Or, if one did exist, it was probably for a very short time and lost to history.
Sparta enslaved the rest of the Peloponnesian peninsula. Not ideal, as it forced them to be - well, extremely Spartan. The rest - yeah. Sparta, not so much. They literally thought of nothing but war - they were the klingons.SJConspirator » 30 Nov 2022, 7:20 pm » wrote: ↑ that is like choosing an ideal ice cream flavor.. I love many different kinds of ice cream.
I don’t think there is an ideal, but I can pick a few from history that I like.
ancient Sparta, Ancient Rome
modern Scandinavian countries, Sweden , Belgium, Denmark, Wales etc..
America circa 1955
You say tyrant like it's a bad thing.Vegas » 30 Nov 2022, 8:21 pm » wrote: ↑ Any ancient civilization was run by tyrants and dictatorships. Hollywood does a great job in romanticizing it all, but it was not a happy time for civilization.
Cannonpointer » 30 Nov 2022, 10:30 pm » wrote: ↑ Sparta enslaved the rest of Peloponnese - not ideal, as it forced them to be - well, extremely Spartan. The rest - yeah. Sparta, not so much. They literally thought of nothing but war - they were the klingons.
Pagan mythology.SJConspirator » 30 Nov 2022, 7:20 pm » wrote: ↑ that is like choosing an ideal ice cream flavor.. I love many different kinds of ice cream.
I don’t think there is an ideal, but I can pick a few from history that I like.
ancient Sparta, Ancient Rome
modern Scandinavian countries, Sweden , Belgium, Denmark, Wales etc..
America circa 1955
I knew a black lady once who would eat boxes of Argo laundry starch like it was candy.Cannonpointer » 30 Nov 2022, 10:26 pm » wrote: ↑ Flour is a key element in a crepe or a cake or a cookie.
Just not the only one.
The fact that many desserts have flour doesn't make flour a dessert.
Heavy set gal, was she? Some kind of sea beast?Skans » 01 Dec 2022, 10:08 am » wrote: ↑ I knew a black lady once who would eat boxes of Argo laundry starch like it was candy.
Short and quite heavy. I was friendly with her, but not in a sexual way. She worked at a laundry facility in a hotel that I once worked at.Cannonpointer » 01 Dec 2022, 1:24 pm » wrote: ↑ Heavy set gal, was she? Some kind of sea beast?
Did you ever get close enough to see whether she had a blow hole?
Gills, maybe?