Comments on: Thought of the Day http://www.samueljscott.com/2010/01/10/thought-of-the-day/ Understanding politics from the left, right, and center Sun, 10 Jul 2011 23:07:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Jeff Guevin http://www.samueljscott.com/2010/01/10/thought-of-the-day/comment-page-1/#comment-2177 Jeff Guevin Mon, 11 Jan 2010 01:38:44 +0000 http://www.samueljscott.com/?p=3675#comment-2177 What hubris! Also, not much of a stretch to predict violence in this world. What hubris!

Also, not much of a stretch to predict violence in this world.

]]> By: Dan http://www.samueljscott.com/2010/01/10/thought-of-the-day/comment-page-1/#comment-2155 Dan Sun, 10 Jan 2010 02:15:11 +0000 http://www.samueljscott.com/?p=3675#comment-2155 Which collapse? The split of the empire in 324 AD? The collapse of the Western Roman Empire in 476 AD? The collapse of the Eastern Roman Empire in 1453 AD? How about the legacy of Rome - its laws, its civil engineering achievements, its linguistics - that have shaped the western world for the last 20 centuries, and have yet to collapse? Which collapse? The split of the empire in 324 AD? The collapse of the Western Roman Empire in 476 AD? The collapse of the Eastern Roman Empire in 1453 AD? How about the legacy of Rome — its laws, its civil engineering achievements, its linguistics — that have shaped the western world for the last 20 centuries, and have yet to collapse?

]]> By: Mike http://www.samueljscott.com/2010/01/10/thought-of-the-day/comment-page-1/#comment-2152 Mike Sun, 10 Jan 2010 02:06:26 +0000 http://www.samueljscott.com/?p=3675#comment-2152 Rome likely fell because the ruling class accidently poinsoned themselves with lead. Up for debate - if that would be a good thing in the US... Rome likely fell because the ruling class accidently poinsoned themselves with lead. Up for debate — if that would be a good thing in the US…

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