From the Very Wise Joss Whedon As Yet Another Turkey Day Approaches...

Nov 25, 2008 16:00

SPIKE:
I just can't take all this mamby-pamby boo-hooing about the bloody indians.

BUFFY:
Uh, the preferred term--

SPIKE: You won. All right? You came in and you killed them and you took their land. That's what conquering nations do. It's what Caesar did, and he's not going around saying, "I came, I conquered, I felt really bad about it ( Read more... )

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mlewys November 25 2008, 21:12:26 UTC
I wonder what "I came, I conquered, I felt really bad about it" is in Latin.

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citicen_x November 25 2008, 22:47:42 UTC
Vini, Vidi, Viregreti...?

Okay, I took a shot...

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mlewys November 25 2008, 22:57:52 UTC
Hey! It sounds good to me!

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gotta love the internet.... guinan November 25 2008, 21:43:55 UTC
you asked, I looked, and found

"EGO venit , EGO victum , EGO felt vere nocens super is."

http://www.translation-guide.com/

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misscoollinda November 26 2008, 14:26:40 UTC
hey. If we hadn't done it, someone else would have. The early bird gets the worm, so to speak

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citicen_x November 26 2008, 23:09:15 UTC
I think the line about Caesar pretty much sums it all up...!

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