My Bible says No Ass-Ramming!
Oh God! I just came from HST 345 where we had a discussion between Sparta and Athens. Or rather, we were meant have to have a discussion on Sparta and Athens, but instead the Bible-thumpers of the group just rambled on and on about the super-evil ass-ramming that went on between the soldiers of Sparta.
OK. These were men who were separated from women their entire lives. It's not crazy to think that they'd find a companion. Human beings NEED companions. That's how we function. And it's also not crazy that they might fall in love, especially considering ALL THEY KNEW WAS EACH OTHER!
Jesus Tap-Dancing Christ! Do NOT compare this to the Holocaust! Greek men did not go around thinking, "Hmm, I wonder who I can rape and traumatize today?" This was just life! Intention, people! It's all about intention! You keep going on about morals and then fail to realize that this was not an act of rape, but of LOVE!
And do NOT bring up pedophilia. The notion of pedophilia is a modern term, and you need to stop thinking so ethnocentrically. Sure, a lot of the boys involved in the army love-fest were 15, but young GIRLS were married off at 13! With no compassion! With the idea of "I'm gonna ram you so you have my baby!" not "I love you!"
GOD! I really just can't stand today's uber-Christians that go around putting their own "moral codes" on everything! It was just sex, people! The fact that it happened between two men does NOT give you grounds to dismiss one of the greatest civilization the world has ever known!
I'll say it again, JESUS TAP-DANCING CHRIST!!!
OK. These were men who were separated from women their entire lives. It's not crazy to think that they'd find a companion. Human beings NEED companions. That's how we function. And it's also not crazy that they might fall in love, especially considering ALL THEY KNEW WAS EACH OTHER!
Jesus Tap-Dancing Christ! Do NOT compare this to the Holocaust! Greek men did not go around thinking, "Hmm, I wonder who I can rape and traumatize today?" This was just life! Intention, people! It's all about intention! You keep going on about morals and then fail to realize that this was not an act of rape, but of LOVE!
And do NOT bring up pedophilia. The notion of pedophilia is a modern term, and you need to stop thinking so ethnocentrically. Sure, a lot of the boys involved in the army love-fest were 15, but young GIRLS were married off at 13! With no compassion! With the idea of "I'm gonna ram you so you have my baby!" not "I love you!"
GOD! I really just can't stand today's uber-Christians that go around putting their own "moral codes" on everything! It was just sex, people! The fact that it happened between two men does NOT give you grounds to dismiss one of the greatest civilization the world has ever known!
I'll say it again, JESUS TAP-DANCING CHRIST!!!