<p>paulhomework,</p>
<p>I'm not saying that two million is the actual figure. We'll never know for sure. I'm just noting Herodotus's claim, factual or not.</p>
<p>Putting the number estimates aside, the ultimate reason as to why the Persian Army ultimately pulled back from Greece was due to the destruction of the Persian navy due to storms and later poorly time engagements with what was left of the navy. No supplies and loss of communications with Asia left Xerxes no choice but to withdraw.</p>
<p>Mr Payne: Your view and my view might not be affected. But like I said, there are basically some people who take movies too seriously and real sometimes. Not to mention that many people don't realize that Arabs and Persians are not the same.</p>
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You forgot a long flowing crimson cape that even Vincent Valentine would envy.
You also forgot the hot wife.
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<p>The capes were pretty hot. I remembered that after I posted, but figured the leather speedo comment would suffice :)</p>
<p>The hot wife thing just complicates things, though...so no on that one.</p>
<p>I liked it...</p>
<p>The issue is not whether or not the film is propaganda. Rather, the issue is that there are idiots out there who want the film to be propaganda. Given our fear-mongering times, I would not be surprised if they were successful.</p>
<p>Of course everybody knows that historical epics are generally ridiculous. According to "Braveheart", all the British are cruel sodomite bastards whose kings like to defenestrate their son's male lovers. Oh yeah, and Edward III was actually William Wallace's son. Hahahaha. But then again, when that movie came out, there wasn't impending war with Britain, and the Revolutionary War aside, there generally isn't a streak of belligerence, antagonism, and hatred in America towards Britain. The same can't be said towards Iran, or the Middle East in general. So don't compare apples with oranges.</p>
<p>I heard that when Braveheart was first shown in theaters in Scotland, people came out of the theater wanting to go to war with England. lol</p>
<p>"first shown in theaters in Scotland, people came out of the theater wanting to go to war with England"</p>
<p>Do you know what they call that in Scotland??</p>
<p>Tuesday. </p>
<p>Ireland.</p>
<p>Monday.</p>
<p>Wales.</p>
<p>Friday. </p>
<p>;)</p>
<p>Ayn Rand would have loved the 300. :)</p>
<p>Here's an interesting article.</p>
<p>I wonder if the people who really admire the Spartan culture know that it was one that was hardly democratic and included institutionalized homosexuality (ironic, considering the movie supposedly portrays the Athenians as the "gay" Greeks)?</p>
<p>^</p>
<p>What a bunch of dumbasses. Again, given the fact that the American military are the aggressors and have superior numbers, how exactly are they the Spartans?</p>
<p>"The capes were pretty hot. I remembered that after I posted, but figured the leather speedo comment would suffice </p>
<p>The hot wife thing just complicates things, though...so no on that one."</p>
<p>Not unless you have a bunch of hot women to become hot wives...then no one would be deprived of a hot wife.</p>
<p>BTW how do you do that quoty thing? I want to know</p>
<p>krnpyschopath,</p>
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<p>OK, that wasn't very smart of me...</p>
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starts the actual quotation. Write whatever you want, and then finish it with /quote in brackets.</p>
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Not unless you have a bunch of hot women to become hot wives...then no one would be deprived of a hot wife.
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<p>Yeah, but then there's a good chance that I'd be deprived of the hot leather speedo and cape :(</p>
<p>You kidies' have no idea what's coming .</p>
<p>Now here is something to worry about....</p>
<p>from Little Green Footballs...</p>
<p>Outrage of the Day</p>
<p>"TELL ON US AND WE'LL SUE YOU"</p>
<p>As we reported Monday, those six Islamic clerics who were removed from a US Airways flight at Minneapolis-St. Paul airport for suspicious behavior have launched a lawsuit against the airline, with help from the professional grievance mongers, CAIR.</p>
<p>But that in itself isn?t today?s outrage; the really disturbing part of this story is that CAIR plans to sue not only US Airways, but the passengers who witnessed and reported the imams? behavior.</p>
<p>And CAIR is hunting for their names right now. The real target of the 6 imams? ?discrimination? suit. (Hat tip: LGF readers.)</p>
<p>But the most alarming aspect of the imams? suit is buried in paragraph 21 of their complaint. It describes ?John Doe? defendants whose identity the imams? attorneys are still investigating. It reads: ?Defendants ?John Does? were passengers ... who contacted U.S. Airways to report the alleged ?suspicious? behavior of Plaintiffs? performing their prayer at the airport terminal.?</p>
<p>Paragraph 22 adds: ?Plaintiffs will seek leave to amend this Complaint to allege true names, capacities, and circumstances supporting [these defendants?] liability ... at such time as Plaintiffs ascertain the same.?</p>
<p>In plain English, the imams plan to sue the ?John Does,? too.</p>
<p>Who are these unnamed culprits? The complaint describes them as ?an older couple who was sitting [near the imams] and purposely turn[ed] around to watch? as they prayed. ?The gentleman (?John Doe?) in the couple ... picked up his cellular phone and made a phone call while watching the Plaintiffs pray,? then ?moved to a corner? and ?kept talking into his cellular phone.?</p>
<p>In retribution for this action, the unnamed couple probably will be dragged into court soon and face the prospect of hiring a lawyer, enduring hostile questioning and paying huge legal bills. The same fate could await other as-yet-unnamed passengers on the US Airways flight who came forward as witnesses.</p>
<p>The imams? attempt to bully ordinary passengers marks an alarming new front in the war on airline security.</p>
<p>Wait...people thought this was a good movie? The movie 'twas boring and I should have asked for my money back.</p>