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huffmsa
10y ago
Cellphones are functionally equivalent to laptops and desktops-- they're computers. Now, independent of that, if the regulations and law do not treat them equally, they are not legally equal.
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10y ago
From a friend who studied "classics" as a degree, the Greeks thought massive schlongs were comical and bestial, as well as stole focus from the musculature and overall balance of the art. Rome on the other hand considered itself a
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11y ago
Academia and "the arts" have never been solely about the collection of knowledge for knowledges sake. Generally academics and artist have had patrons of some form who pay for a specific project, which is used to subsidize the acad
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11y ago
There is, but whereas a government and its generals could legitimately learn lessons from studying ancient tactics, we don't have that kind of carry-over to the present day, so that kind of knowledge becomes pure academic interest. Ins
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11y ago
Your war on the continent statement actually brings up a 3rd factor to my initial two. Those secret police, insurgency, proxy army methods are more or less how the US has executed war post-WW2. And no one (well not many people) want to brag
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As a degree carrying "historian" I'd offer to you that there are 2 factors. 1) The way wars are fought has dramatically changed since WW2. Study of late-20th century warfare cannot be contained to "bullets, battles and b