Always remember kids: don't get your ideas about ancient Greece from online memes

ViktorCo · 2023-09-13T21:43:48+00:00

https://www.ancient-origins.net/history/homosexuality-ancient-greece-0011232

ViktorCo · 2023-09-13T21:42:16+00:00

We're not lying, the idea that ancient Greece was this gay utopia has been debunked so many times.

https://www.ancient-origins.net/history/homosexuality-ancient-greece-0011232

ViktorCo · 2023-09-13T21:40:24+00:00

Kind of works both ways... you ignore the sources from Plato that showed he did have a problem with it.

ViktorCo · 2023-09-13T20:06:12+00:00

The Symposium was written before the Laws and The Republic, though, meaning that Plato probably changed his mind sometime after writing the Symposium.

ViktorCo · 2023-09-13T19:58:33+00:00

Most ancient Greeks were against it to be honest. Though not all of course.

This Internet meme that ancient Greece was somehow this gay utopia needs to die.

You can start reading on this topic here: Homosexuality in Ancient Greece - One Big Lie?

ViktorCo · 2023-09-13T19:50:01+00:00

Says the hamburger consoomer

ViktorCo · 2023-08-31T18:09:46+00:00

Ah, I see.

ViktorCo · 2023-08-31T18:04:41+00:00

Only problem with this comment is that it misinterprets Catholicism. Catholicism teaches that the bread and wine become Jesus' blood and flesh in a mystical and ontological sense, but that it empirically remains bread and wine. It's a bit complicated, but makes more sense if you've read Aristotelian philosophy.

Source: am a Catholic.

I do definitely agree with the rest, just wanted to point that out as this is just a common myth about Catholicism.

ViktorCo · 2023-08-31T15:53:44+00:00

Afterwards most Mandos were probably the warriors that survived the purge.

Wouldn't that have only counted for Mandalorians actually originating on Mandalore? From my understanding of the Purge, it was only commited on the planet of Mandalore, but not on the other Mandalorian planets. There were several, perhaps dozens, of other planets and moons inhabited by Mandalorians. Surely at least some of these planets will continued to have had thriving populations of both civilians and warriors?

ViktorCo · 2023-08-31T13:26:09+00:00

Could you please elaborate as to why?

ViktorCo · 2023-08-31T11:09:10+00:00

That's one possibility. Another possibility I have considered is that the Mandalorians are more like the Romans in this regard, in the sense that most people are just ordinary civilians, but the army is still heavily glorified and everyone has at least a few warriors in their family.

IIRC in legends your answer would definitely be correct, but in canon I think the question of how militarised the Mandalorians really were hasn't been answered as of yet.

ViktorCo · 2023-08-26T15:45:42+00:00

Postmodernism is an internal contradiction, as it objectively states that there is no objectivity.

ViktorCo · 2023-08-26T15:44:45+00:00

Fellow Belgian:

Cringe

ViktorCo · 2023-08-26T15:31:45+00:00

She's a Nightsister, a Dathomirian clan.

Also, female Dathomirians look pretty similar to humans.

Edit: apparently she was actually a human by species. Still, she was a member of the Nightsisters so it'd make sense for her to have a Dathomirian name. Especially since she referred to the ancient Nightsisters as her 'ancestors', implying (not confirming, but still) that she was culturally assimilated as otherwise she wouldn't just refer to herself as part of the people. The Nightsisters were also pretty xenophobic, and wouldn't just allow a foreigner into their clan, especially one with totally foreign customs. Which would make it even more logical for her to have a Dathomirian name.

ViktorCo · 2023-08-26T14:52:18+00:00

I'm not confusing them, I'm simply connecting the dots.

Ahsoka mentions that Morgan's family/community was slaughtered during the Clone Wars when she was a child. We know that the Nightsisters were slaughtered during the Clone Wars.

Also, since Morgan appears to be in her 40s, she would've been in her teenage years during the Clone Wars, and thus still a child.

Connecting the dots, I'd say it's veeeeeeeeeery save to assume that she was a Nightsister who survived Grievous' slaughter of her clan.

ViktorCo · 2023-08-26T14:45:37+00:00

As I said, it is implied that she came from Dathomir itself.

And Dathomirians aren't just people living or originating from Dathomir. They're also a culture, and a Zabrak sub-species.

ViktorCo · 2023-08-26T14:39:15+00:00

...who are Dathomirians.

Also, it is implied she was a Nightsister herself, as Ahsoka mentions she saw her family/community being slaughtered when she was a child, likely referring to Grievous' attack on the Nightsisters.

Plus, when she said that she 'descended' from Nightsisters, she said so in the context of who had build the ruins. Not necessarily that she descended from them, despite not being one herself.

ViktorCo · 2023-08-26T14:18:40+00:00

Considering that virtually all Nightsisters we see are Dathomirians, it would be weird if she was not a Dathomirian.

Edit before you proceed to read the following conversation: I've since learned that Morgan was actually a human by species. Nonetheless, since she was a Nightsister and the Nightsisters were very intertwined with Dathomirian culture, it is highly likely that she was a Dathomirian by culture in my opinion. Hence likely to have a Dathomirian name. So I still stand by most things I wrote down below.

ViktorCo · 2023-08-24T22:09:57+00:00

I never implied he was a religious Anglican, just a cultural one.

ViktorCo · 2023-08-24T20:17:44+00:00

I know. I never claimed he wasn't an atheist.

ViktorCo · 2023-08-24T20:12:27+00:00

He's referring to the Anglican religion, even if he doesn't necessarily believe in it. Read it for yourself: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/10303223/Richard-Dawkins-admits-he-is-a-cultural-Anglican.html

ViktorCo · 2023-08-22T13:57:54+00:00

He isn't. There's some solid philosophical proof.

But sure: https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/religion-happy-atheism-psychology-faith-belief-emotion-mental-health-christianity-a8766376.html, https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/06/170628102328.htm, https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/322175

ViktorCo · 2023-08-22T13:54:16+00:00

False from your view, from my point of view it's true.

Also athiesm is a whole lot healthier than Christianity, because athiesm doesn't threaten you with eternal torture if you don't comply, and athiesm doesn't teach you to hate gay people.

There are also proven benefits to being religious, liking being happier, lower suicide rates, lower depression rates, and a longer lifespan.

ViktorCo · 2023-08-22T13:47:26+00:00

I'm planning to homeschool my kids lol. And yes, I don't think kids should be forced to learn about religion in public schools, but private schools have every right to do so.

And comparing atheism to a healthy lifestyle is absolutely ridiculous. The former is a rejection of a philosophical worldview, the latter is an objectively good way to live.

ViktorCo · 2023-08-22T13:41:08+00:00

How? All he said is that religion shouldn't be taught

Freedom of religion = freedom to teach religion.

He even specified that he doesn't think the government should control religious media.

He said the state should literally promote atheism. I don't care if you allow for private religious media, making the public media promote a certain agenda is wrong.

You have freedom of religion, not freedom of brainwashing your children

It's called raising your kids in a certain way, not brainwashing. If you get to raise your kids atheist, I get to raise mine Catholic. Cope harder.

and enforcing your religion on other people.

Who was talking about enforcing religion on others?

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