>All of history shows the collapse of empires. Roman, Greek, Chinese, >Mongol, Celt, and so on and so on. It was rarely some over night thing >that led to their destruction. It was loss of their core values combined >with the corrupting influences of vice and luxury. > >We as a nation, and imperial empire, are in decline. If we want to slow >or stop that process we need to bring civil service back into fashion, >the ideals embodied in the documents that this nation was formed on. >
Thats an interesting take on history. Lets take the Romans for example, throughout the empire's 1500 year history when they were at their most decadent, ie ignoring their so-called core values, the Roman empire was very expansive. It tended to shrink/decline when they were at their most puritanical and moralistic. Yes they ignored their core values and went into decline, who cares about the other reasons, continuous barbarian invasions, leaded pipes, a chaotic center, no real peaceful succession of power, decades of civil wars ,etc., etc., etc. As soon as the romans decided to ignore their core values, that was it they were doomed. As for the Greek empire, was there one? If you're referring to the delian league or the Spartans, both more were like large scale alliances than a centrally governed empire. I could go on but I think you get the point. Yepers that simplistic blinkered view makes sense, hell who needs to think. Lets all blindly follow the ideologues. Amerika Uber Alles! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:258525 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
