tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post4243127481433202737..comments2024-03-28T20:02:35.777-04:00Comments on Murder is Everywhere: The Official Monster Raving Loony PartyOvidia Yuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05749549092493567689noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-54874335072605109152013-05-10T14:03:50.875-04:002013-05-10T14:03:50.875-04:00Hi Jeff
Yes I believe that is how they stopped an...Hi Jeff<br /><br />Yes I believe that is how they stopped anyone become too powerful. Indeed it was believed to be an effective check on dictatorship. Thus any individual becoming too powerful or influential was inevitably ostracised. Wouldn't be a bad thing to bring back given the current level of hubris around politicians today.AlanCakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10036382225600300541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-61581802038736078422013-05-10T13:28:11.535-04:002013-05-10T13:28:11.535-04:00I am fascinated by you writers who produce such co...I am fascinated by you writers who produce such compelling, and serious books, and have this wonderful sense of the absurd in these posts. Maybe that's the point. we need humor to balance the darkness of human nature. Anyway, thank you for the smiles this morning.lil Glucksternhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09288522126331817172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-61771074237278139832013-05-10T04:40:20.359-04:002013-05-10T04:40:20.359-04:00TOMRLP has my vote, Caro! But I think they should...TOMRLP has my vote, Caro! But I think they should consider adopting another ancient Greek political practice: ostracism. <br /><br />Think of ostracism as the precursor to being voted off the island in the American TV series "Survivor." Once a year, if the Athenians wanted to hold an ostracism, every Athenian had the chance to submit the name of a citizen who should be banished for ten years because he was deemed harmful to the society, political leaders included. The winner went bye-bye.<br /><br />Imagine the voter turnout that would draw.<br /><br /> The one who received the most votes was out of there. Jeffrey Sigerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00718317707555064653noreply@blogger.com