Nate (post: 1475063) wrote:
You are right, and I own up to my error. Sorry about that.
I'm still right about the toilet thing though. :p
Well, Rome did have some fancy plumbing systems back in the day...
Nate (post: 1475063) wrote:
You are right, and I own up to my error. Sorry about that.
I'm still right about the toilet thing though. :p
Kaori (post: 1475041) wrote:-Women gained suffrage in New Zealand in 1893, which is 27 years earlier than in the United States, and there are [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_women%27s_suffrage]a multitude of other nations that granted women’] notably Australia, Sweden, and Norway.
-Women in ancient Sparta ran, wrestled, participated in athletics, managed their family estates, could own and inherit property, and had pretty much every right except the right to vote. Plutarch said, “the men of Sparta always obeyed their wives.”
-Women in ancient Egypt had good status: they could own property, sign contracts, divorce, and serve as witnesses in a court of law. Moreover, love and emotional closeness were an expected and important part of marriage.
-Women in ancient Sumer (the most ancient documented civilization on earth) could engage almost any profession; for example, they could be merchants or priests. The only exception is that there appear to have been no women scribes. Women could buy and sell property, buy and sell slaves, and run businesses.
So, please don’t act as if twentieth century America is the only place and time where women have had any sort of decent status or rights, because that simply isn’t true.
broly146 (post: 1475383) wrote:Wow...don't know what to say about this...the whole women's right thing is already passed in the constitution, so is it worth arguing over?
Atria35 (post: 1475388) wrote:They aren't arguing over it, just stating that America wasn't the first one to have women's rights, nor that the 20th century was the earliest time we had it. They're giving examples.
Yamamaya wrote:You had to scrub your behind with sponges attached to sticks.
broly146 (post: 1475410) wrote:70s and 80s because the music is awesomeness!
broly146 (post: 1475436) wrote:^-^ 70s is better than 80s
Men cry not for themselves, but for there comrades.-FF7 Crisis CoreIn the beginning, God created HTML...- R. Zion
WhiteMage212 (post: 1475523) wrote:For me, I don't know why, but I always fantasize about living in a post-apoctoliptic world (probably spelled that wrong). Imagine if all of a sudden, practically everyone disappeared and so you had empty cities, everything just left there. And then eventually, nature would merge with the city. I find designs that incorporate nature yet keep a very modern city approach can be serene weirdly. I find that if I could walk on the freeway or city streets while it empty quite exciting. Lol, there is so much more I could add to that description!
Yamamaya (post: 1475372) wrote:Also when the Catholic Church took a vote in the Middle Ages over whether women had souls, Ireland voted that women did have souls.
@Shao. Yes, but you still didn't have any toilet paper. You had to scrub your behind with sponges attached to sticks.
TheMewster (post: 1475548) wrote:Sounds pretty but you'd also have to suffer the loss of friends, family, and the Internet. So no post-apocalyptic worlds for me!
Men cry not for themselves, but for there comrades.-FF7 Crisis CoreIn the beginning, God created HTML...- R. Zion
Nate (post: 1475036) wrote:Actually, practically all of that is romanticized or completely made-up for television and movies, just like ninjas wearing all black and throwing shuriken at stuff.
Vigilantism was only looked at favorably (and even then only occasionally) in areas that were just starting to be settled or out of the reach of major settlements in the area...in other words, there wasn't any other law enforcement in the area, so people took it upon themselves to protect others. In well-established towns, vigilantism would have been frowned upon, unless the sheriff was corrupt or something.
Gun battles are absolutely a made up tradition of the Old West, as most Old West towns actually completely banned guns and firearms. Unforgiven, which is a Clint Eastwood movie, provides an accurate depiction of how guns were handled in the Old West: the sheriff told new people coming into town to hand over their weapons, and if they didn't, there was going to be trouble.
Even the towns that didn't take away or restrict guns had strong laws against their use, such as "no shooting in the street," and you can bet anyone who tried to break that law would be taken care of by the sheriff pretty quickly. So any notion of showdowns in the middle of town is pretty much made up.
So you'd be sorely disappointed if you think stuff like The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly is indicative of how things were back then. :p
thisiskris89 (post: 1476123) wrote:i kinda love the 50's.it was such a sincere romantic time.the movies always make me cry.unlike all the trashy movies and shows we have today.i think i couldve done alright if i was born then haha.im such an old fashioned gal teeheehee*puts on vintage dress and starts singing old show tunes*
Atria35 (post: 1476126) wrote:My mom remembers the 50's very well.
Don't trust the movies. It really wasn't that great. Especially if you were a girl.
Atria35 (post: 1475437) wrote:I'd also cry seeing those soldiers coming back from 'Nam. So it just wouldn't work for me.
thisiskris89 (post: 1476127) wrote:i know.it was still a nicer time none the less. compared to now anyways haha^^ but isuppose all era's had their ups and downs^^
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