Comments on: Rome http://john.jubjubs.net/2009/11/22/rome/ my semi-regular stream of consciousness Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:21:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: John Brydges http://john.jubjubs.net/2009/11/22/rome/#comment-14785 John Brydges Mon, 14 Dec 2009 01:26:51 +0000 http://john.jubjubs.net/?p=1050#comment-14785 Great summary of something I have never understood my whole life. All through my life I have noticed a very tainted version of the impactual effect the Roman and Italian people have had on our western world. If it was not for them we would be very far behind in our current development stages that we see in Architecture,Engineering,Political sciences,Culinary areas,Fashion,Music and Religion good or bad depending on your faith but either way you slice it you can not deny the overall effect this Great country of Italy has had on Western civilisation.The Anglo perversion is rather incredible and actually quite impotent when you compare the Roman devotion to the rest of the world with exception to the Orient.To this day I still notice that if you want the best product not taking in to account the price because you will pay a tidy sum you will end up with either Italian or German engineered goods.After the fall of the Empire we slid into the Dark Ages which was a result of the lack of skill prevalent in the Anglo, Northern European zones. There were some good developments in that era but nothing like what we would have seen if the Empire did not fall. I ask then why is it Italian people do not get respected like they should for there overall contributions to western civilisation. I need enlightenment. Thank you. Great summary of something I have never understood my whole life. All through my life I have noticed a very tainted version of the impactual effect the Roman and Italian people have had on our western world. If it was not for them we would be very far behind in our current development stages that we see in Architecture,Engineering,Political sciences,Culinary areas,Fashion,Music and Religion good or bad depending on your faith
but either way you slice it you can not deny the overall effect this Great country of Italy has had on Western civilisation.The Anglo perversion is rather incredible and actually quite impotent when you compare the Roman devotion to the rest of the world with exception to the Orient.To this day I still notice that if you want the best product not taking in to account the price because you will pay a tidy sum you will end up with either Italian or German engineered goods.After the fall of the Empire we slid into the Dark Ages which was a result of the lack of skill prevalent in the Anglo, Northern European zones. There were some good
developments in that era but nothing like what we would have seen if the Empire did not fall. I ask then why is it Italian people do not get respected like they should for there overall contributions to western civilisation.

I need enlightenment. Thank you.

]]> By: Tristan http://john.jubjubs.net/2009/11/22/rome/#comment-12776 Tristan Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:03:00 +0000 http://john.jubjubs.net/?p=1050#comment-12776 Great post, John! "most of us think of history as a more or less one direction proposition: progress. (...) But you never think the whole world (give or take) will take a gigantic, centuries-long, step backwards" is just spot on, relating to climate change. Great post, John!

“most of us think of history as a more or less one direction proposition: progress. (…)
But you never think the whole world (give or take) will take a gigantic, centuries-long, step backwards” is just spot on, relating to climate change.

]]> By: Diego Rodriguez http://john.jubjubs.net/2009/11/22/rome/#comment-12775 Diego Rodriguez Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:14:42 +0000 http://john.jubjubs.net/?p=1050#comment-12775 Nice shots of that Fiat 500! Nice shots of that Fiat 500!

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