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Although the author is knowledgeable, I too find it incredibly frustrating to read his writing. An opposing viewpoint is fine but the sheer amount of bias, outr
by parliament32 7y ago
Although the author is knowledgeable, I too find it incredibly frustrating to read his writing. An opposing viewpoint is fine but the sheer amount of bias, outrageism (note the number of times he mentiones how "sickened" he was during his research), and condemnation made it impossible for me to read any further than the first post.
- jcranmer 7y agoReading the first and last two posts, the outrageism is definitely far less present in the latter than the former. You should at least read the sixth post as well, which evaluates how deserved Sparta's military reputation was (spoiler alert: it wasn't).
- autokad 7y agoI found it hard to consider them knowledgeable when they kept comparing them to armies/people/etc hundreds of years in the future.
- triceratops 7y agoYou should try reading the second post, where they relate what contemporary Greeks of other states thought of Spartans' treatment of helots. It's not bias.