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2006-10-27 -Short Attention Span Theater-

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Posted by Steve White 2006-10-27 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11136 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Is it just me, or is this article trying hard NOT to say that Spartacus and his mostly male gladiator army revolted against Rome due to lack of sex???

Posted by JosephMendiola 2006-10-27 00:32|| 2006-10-27 00:32|| Front Page Top

#2 "The more things change, the more they remain the same ..."

The journo that wrote this is trying hard to get that feeling. I think he's done more than walk around Soho in London.

Posted by Bright Pebbles in Blairistan 2006-10-27 08:55|| 2006-10-27 08:55|| Front Page Top

#3 I think it's you, Joe. ;-)

Posted by lotp 2006-10-27 09:20|| 2006-10-27 09:20|| Front Page Top

#4 Btw, lupanar is an alternate french word for "brothel". I guess this one was very successful to have spawned a term remaining in use 2000 years or so after.

Posted by anonymous5089 2006-10-27 09:27|| 2006-10-27 09:27|| Front Page Top

#5 is there any implied linkage between this article and the one directly above it?

Posted by Gleretch Clavising3439 2006-10-27 15:21|| 2006-10-27 15:21|| Front Page Top

#6 I always thought Spartacus was revolting...

Posted by Grunter 2006-10-27 19:36|| 2006-10-27 19:36|| Front Page Top

#7 The Lupanare is known to have been built just a few years before the city's violent destruction.

Fred Phelps blaming prostitution for Pompeii's destruction in 5 ... 4 ... 3 ...

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