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Would you support modern gladiator fighting?
#18901244 - 09/28/13 12:54 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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I'm not talking about UFC or professional fighting.
I'm talking about guys with medieval weaponry entering a booby-trapped arena and fighting with a very real chance of dismemberment and/or death.
Would you pay to see it?
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Re: Would you support modern gladiator fighting? [Re: Dreaming Nomad]
#18901253 - 09/28/13 12:58 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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Yes definitely. I was just thinking this exact thought the other day that I would like to see stuff like that instead of go to a bar or a baseball game. There's no visirality left to sociey anymore.
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Re: Would you support modern gladiator fighting? [Re: Dreaming Nomad]
#18901259 - 09/28/13 01:02 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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Why not... more bread and circuses.
It's what everyone wants right?
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Re: Would you support modern gladiator fighting? [Re: 4runner] 3
#18901289 - 09/28/13 01:26 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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Fuck, I don't think so. I love boxing, it may very well be my favorite sport and seeing guys get knocked out is more than enough for me.
I don't think I'd want to see people die right in front of me. And so what if you become a die hard fan of some bad ass gladiator and then you get his PPV and watch his head get chopped the fuck off.
plus you'd have a lot of yuppies in the crowd reacting like this during the shit going down
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Re: Would you support modern gladiator fighting? [Re: Niffla]
#18901290 - 09/28/13 01:30 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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yeah i'd support it
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Re: Would you support modern gladiator fighting? [Re: Legend]
#18901300 - 09/28/13 01:35 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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You know what, if we could put like murderers, rapists, child molesters and shit in there then I'd be all for watching somebody get their face sliced the fuck off
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Re: Would you support modern gladiator fighting? [Re: Niffla]
#18901347 - 09/28/13 02:16 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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Haha yeah, that's what I was thinking. People on death row could sign up for it or something.
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Re: Would you support modern gladiator fighting? [Re: Dreaming Nomad]
#18901363 - 09/28/13 02:30 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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People who are never wrongfully convicted. Poor people and slaves mostly. Just like the original gladiators.
Would you support the wanton slaughter of poor people and slaves?
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Re: Would you support modern gladiator fighting? [Re: healing]
#18901368 - 09/28/13 02:34 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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Too many movies for you guys
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Re: Would you support modern gladiator fighting? [Re: Dreaming Nomad] 4
#18901392 - 09/28/13 02:51 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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Fuck gladiators when you got mud wrestling
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Re: Would you support modern gladiator fighting? [Re: Dreaming Nomad] 1
#18901458 - 09/28/13 03:51 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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Dreaming Nomad said: Would you pay to see it?

No. But thanks for suggesting we turn back the clock by 2 millenniums.
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Re: Would you support modern gladiator fighting? [Re: Dreaming Nomad] 2
#18901474 - 09/28/13 04:04 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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No. I've seen videos of people getting killed, it's always very disturbing, never fun.
Edited by nooneman (09/28/13 04:05 AM)
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Re: Would you support modern gladiator fighting? [Re: Niffla]
#18901503 - 09/28/13 04:40 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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Niffla said: You know what, if we could put like murderers, rapists, child molesters and shit in there then I'd be all for watching somebody get their face sliced the fuck off
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Re: Would you support modern gladiator fighting? [Re: Distorted Vision]
#18901510 - 09/28/13 04:46 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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Niffla said: You know what, if we could put like murderers, rapists, child molesters and shit in there then I'd be all for watching somebody get their face sliced the fuck off
Yeah I'm talking the lowest of the low, Absolutely no doubt about their guilt. The Bernie Madoff, Jerry Sandusky, joe paterno kinds of guys.
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Re: Would you support modern gladiator fighting? [Re: Dreaming Nomad]
#18901511 - 09/28/13 04:47 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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this already happens on the deep web
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#18901528 - 09/28/13 05:02 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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One would really have to be an unethical creep with strong sociopath tendencies to enjoy this kind of thing. Anyone who actually enjoys it, should also be prepared to participate in it.
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Re: Would you support modern gladiator fighting? [Re: koraks]
#18901581 - 09/28/13 05:24 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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Re: Would you support modern gladiator fighting? [Re: koraks]
#18901586 - 09/28/13 05:26 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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koraks said: One would really have to be an unethical creep with strong sociopath tendencies to enjoy this kind of thing. Anyone who actually enjoys it, should also be prepared to participate in it.
I would disagree. Many people have never seen a person violently die or even die for that matter. It shocks them to the core when they do. If people saw death all around them all the time they would just adapt and it wouldn't be much more than fishing or shooting is enjoyable to some people. I personally think if you enjoy shooting an innocent deer then you're a complete asshole. But I don't think you're a psycho. I have to explain this to other vegans who claim fisherman and hunters are murdering psycho's It's just the zeitgeist. ...the mind is adaptable. Watching people die has proven to be very popular through the Internet.
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Re: Would you support modern gladiator fighting? [Re: robbyberto] 1
#18901587 - 09/28/13 05:28 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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Niffla said: You know what, if we could put like murderers, rapists, child molesters and shit in there then I'd be all for watching somebody get their face sliced the fuck off
Yeah I'm talking the lowest of the low, Absolutely no doubt about their guilt. The Bernie Madoff, Jerry Sandusky, joe paterno kinds of guys.
Maybe they'll put it on ESPN. And on Mondays. They'll call it "Monday Night Massacre".
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Re: Would you support modern gladiator fighting? [Re: Fire is Born] 2
#18901588 - 09/28/13 05:28 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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I tried to make sense out of your post, but quite honestly, it eludes me.
Confronting people with killing more would be good because it would desensitize them? From an ethical viewpoint, killing a deer for food would be the same as killing a human for entertainment?
What are you trying to say?
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Re: Would you support modern gladiator fighting? [Re: Niffla]
#18901589 - 09/28/13 05:29 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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Who'd be the narrator?
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Re: Would you support modern gladiator fighting? [Re: rulesq]
#18901590 - 09/28/13 05:30 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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Oh man I can already see the ESPN Fantasy Massacre League
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Re: Would you support modern gladiator fighting? [Re: rulesq]
#18901595 - 09/28/13 05:32 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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rulesq said: Who'd be the narrator?

Chris Berman
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rulesq said: Oh man I can already see the ESPN Fantasy Massacre League
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Re: Would you support modern gladiator fighting? [Re: Dreaming Nomad] 1
#18901614 - 09/28/13 05:47 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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Dreaming Nomad said: Would you pay to see it?

You realize that in the "modern" era there exists a kind of interconnected network of computers, right?
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Re: Would you support modern gladiator fighting? [Re: koraks]
#18901654 - 09/28/13 06:13 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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koraks said: One would really have to be an unethical creep with strong sociopath tendencies to enjoy this kind of thing. Anyone who actually enjoys it, should also be prepared to participate in it.
This. Society already glorifies sociopathy enough, theres no need for making a media circus of killing.
If you enjoy people getting bludgeoned to death go track down the video called "3 guys 1 hammer" watch it and see if you still like it. If you do please jump of a building at least 10 floors high.
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Re: Would you support modern gladiator fighting? [Re: Niffla]
#18901657 - 09/28/13 06:16 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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Niffla said: You know what, if we could put like murderers, rapists, child molesters and shit in there then I'd be all for watching somebody get their face sliced the fuck off

Dude. They can't even use the death penalty (needle/chair) correctly without executing innocent people.
I mean, does somebody who gives the rapist of family member a beatdown and accidentally causes them to have a heart attack and die a deliberate murderer who should fight child rapists in an arena?
And come to think of it, is a 19 year old who wakes up next to a 17 year old after a party a rapist who should be killed by your standards?
Just sayin', things aren't always clearcut.
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Re: Would you support modern gladiator fighting? [Re: Asante]
#18901668 - 09/28/13 06:19 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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Yeah Dneprpetrovsk Maniacs..
Their goal was to shoot 40 snuff films, and get paid a shitload of $.. They made it to 21 or so until they were caught..
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Re: Would you support modern gladiator fighting? [Re: Niffla]
#18901768 - 09/28/13 07:23 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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Niffla said: You know what, if we could put like murderers, rapists, child molesters and shit in there then I'd be all for watching somebody get their face sliced the fuck off


and all proceeds go to charity
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Re: Would you support modern gladiator fighting? [Re: MadSeasonAbove]
#18901782 - 09/28/13 07:31 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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Niffla said: You know what, if we could put like murderers, rapists, child molesters and shit in there then I'd be all for watching somebody get their face sliced the fuck off


and all proceeds go to charity
excellent idea!
Oh, and we throw you in the ring first because you unknowingly slept with a 17-year old at a party last week.
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Re: Would you support modern gladiator fighting? [Re: Synthe]
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Re: Would you support modern gladiator fighting? [Re: Dreaming Nomad]
#18901860 - 09/28/13 08:11 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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Consenting adults should be able to do whatever the fuck they want
Would I watch it?
Fuck yes. The shit that went on in the Roman Colosseum was the best fucking entertainment mankind has ever known.
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Re: Would you support modern gladiator fighting? [Re: TheFakeSunRa]
#18901868 - 09/28/13 08:15 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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TheFakeSunRa said: The shit that went on in the Roman Colosseum was the best fucking entertainment mankind has ever known.
 You're either really ignorant when it comes to classical history, or you fit into the apparently growing category of latent sociopaths.
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Re: Would you support modern gladiator fighting? [Re: koraks]
#18901880 - 09/28/13 08:20 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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do it up death race style, take criminals, tell em win 10 fights and your free!!! then nobody is being forced. But everyone is still being entertained
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Re: Would you support modern gladiator fighting? [Re: koraks]
#18901900 - 09/28/13 08:29 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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TheFakeSunRa said: The shit that went on in the Roman Colosseum was the best fucking entertainment mankind has ever known.
 You're either really ignorant when it comes to classical history, or you fit into the apparently growing category of latent sociopaths.
The Romans fucking LOVED it.
I do disagree with forcing it on people though. But with CONSENTING people GAME THE FUCK ON!
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Re: Would you support modern gladiator fighting? [Re: TheFakeSunRa] 2
#18901915 - 09/28/13 08:34 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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TheFakeSunRa said: The Romans fucking LOVED it.
Yes. You are aware though that the actual voluntary gladiator performances were only a minor fraction of what went down in Roman theaters, right? It's pretty well documented, among which having unarmed or very lightly armed Christians struggle to a certain death under the attack of wild animals or gladiators. You're right though, the Romans loved it! Good for them. Too bad that apparently, the retarded streak in their culture still sounds through in our's.
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Re: Would you support modern gladiator fighting? [Re: koraks]
#18901949 - 09/28/13 08:50 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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Re: Would you support modern gladiator fighting? [Re: koraks]
#18901952 - 09/28/13 08:51 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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I'm saying many would see it. Not because they are sociopaths butfrom curiosity and a kick. It's sick but true. I personally would denounce it completely
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Re: Would you support modern gladiator fighting? [Re: Fire is Born]
#18901970 - 09/28/13 08:55 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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Fire is Born said: I'm saying many would see it. Not because they are sociopaths butfrom curiosity and a kick. It's sick but true. I personally would denounce it completely
Would you still denounce it even if the participants were people who chose to be there completely understanding the conditions?
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#18901976 - 09/28/13 08:58 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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TheFakeSunRa said: Would you still denounce it even if the participants were people who chose to be there completely understanding the conditions?
You're too optimistic when it comes to the capacity of many people to make good decisions. It's a matter of time before the first guy 'consents' and then it turns out he was slightly dimwitted and may not have understood the concept until it was too late. The penal system is a great source of examples of this sort of thing. This is just one argument against the scheme you proposed (and it should be enough), but several others can be thought of.
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Re: Would you support modern gladiator fighting? [Re: dirty]
#18902030 - 09/28/13 09:12 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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dirty said: do it up death race style, take criminals, tell em win 10 fights and your free!!! then nobody is being forced. But everyone is still being entertained 
would you approve when a serial killer, or serial rapist wins ten rounds and were like, ok your free, go about your business
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Re: Would you support modern gladiator fighting? [Re: TheFakeSunRa]
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Re: Would you support modern gladiator fighting? [Re: Dreaming Nomad]
#18902054 - 09/28/13 09:23 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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I would neither support in or oppose it. If people want to willingly participate and people want to watch, who am I to give a shit?
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Re: Would you support modern gladiator fighting? [Re: nicechrisman]
#18902076 - 09/28/13 09:30 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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It already happens. However it is best kept underground where it belongs. Some people make very quick and rash decisions. ...say a break up and then they do this....or retarded and think they can fight. Keep it out of the mainstream.
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You're too optimistic when it comes to the capacity of many people to make good decisions.
No, I'm not. I just think people should be free to make bad decisions.
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Re: Would you support modern gladiator fighting? [Re: TheFakeSunRa]
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It would be cool to see gladiators fighting in an arena like that, but I wouldn't want to see anybody actually die or get seriously injured.
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Yes. You are aware though that the actual voluntary gladiator performances were only a minor fraction of what went down in Roman theaters, right? It's pretty well documented, among which having unarmed or very lightly armed Christians struggle to a certain death under the attack of wild animals or gladiators. You're right though, the Romans loved it! Good for them. Too bad that apparently, the retarded streak in their culture still sounds through in our's.
Aww no not Christians! Poor little Christians getting killed! ps haha fuck Christians.
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Re: Would you support modern gladiator fighting? [Re: robbyberto]
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As long as the contestants are volunteered I don't see why not. Everyone has the right to death.
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Re: Would you support modern gladiator fighting? [Re: Dreaming Nomad]
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fuck yeah! id also be down for sending the death row ass holes or the pedos or the murderers, or the guys who are doin time for marijuana charges.
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Re: Would you support modern gladiator fighting? [Re: Not Responding]
#18902907 - 09/28/13 01:45 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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I have to much respect for life, I wouldn't pay money to watch people slaughter each other. I sometimes flinch even when watching someone get pounded in UFC.
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Re: Would you support modern gladiator fighting? [Re: Magicman69]
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how are you gonna survive when push comes to shove? bro, you need to prepare yourself for the apocalyptic future. zombies, aliens, asteroids, nukes...
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Re: Would you support modern gladiator fighting? [Re: Not Responding]
#18902958 - 09/28/13 02:03 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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iz accidentally gladiator
 can i haz sword
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Re: Would you support modern gladiator fighting? [Re: hidenseek1]
#18902962 - 09/28/13 02:04 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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id totally win...
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Re: Would you support modern gladiator fighting? [Re: Not Responding]
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the Arena was only so accepted by the Romans because it was nothing compared to the overall brutality of that time period where men went off to war to die by the thousands, not to mention they used mostly slaves and prisoners of war who were considered enemies of Rome.
also only about 1 out of 6 gladiators actually died in the arena.
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I wouldn't pay to see it I probably wouldn't watch it but I would be ok with something like this existing
as long as all members involved did so by choice
if I was on death row or something and had the option to take part I would
actually I take that back, I would love to see real weapon combat among skilled combatants I don't want to see people getting killed but to see combat as it was would be interesting
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Re: Would you support modern gladiator fighting? [Re: CosmicFool]
#18903090 - 09/28/13 02:45 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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challenge accepted!
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mushroom_sandwich said: the Arena was only so accepted by the Romans because it was nothing compared to the overall brutality of that time period where men went off to war to die by the thousands, not to mention they used mostly slaves and prisoners of war who were considered enemies of Rome.
also only about 1 out of 6 gladiators actually died in the arena.
The 20th century saw death and carnage that the Romans wouldn't have even been able to imagine.
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Re: Would you support modern gladiator fighting? [Re: Dreaming Nomad]
#18903122 - 09/28/13 02:54 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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Dreaming Nomad said: I'm not talking about UFC or professional fighting.
I'm talking about guys with medieval weaponry entering a booby-trapped arena and fighting with a very real chance of dismemberment and/or death.
Would you pay to see it?
I'm against the death penalty but I find the distinction between it and human sacrifice or gladiatorial combat to be somewhat quibbling, so what the hell, if you're gonna have state-sponsored executions you might as well try to turn a buck on it.
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i say we do what they did ways back. send all our prisoners to australia.
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Re: Would you support modern gladiator fighting? [Re: Not Responding]
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Not Responding said: i say we do what they did ways back. send all our prisoners to australia.
You're English?
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Re: Would you support modern gladiator fighting? [Re: Fire is Born]
#18903216 - 09/28/13 03:24 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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I would consider supporting this if it were people on death row who were fighting.
2 people enter, one man dies which he would have anyways. And the other man gets to stay alive as long as he wins in the arena
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Re: Would you support modern gladiator fighting? [Re: TheFakeSunRa]
#18903231 - 09/28/13 03:27 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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The 20th century saw death and carnage that the Romans wouldn't have even been able to imagine.
if you're talking purely through technological advancement sure, bombs and airstrikes are more destructive, but thousands upon thousands of men charging battle lines and hacking people to death is definitely more BRUTAL. Then throw in the lack of modern medicine and the often bloody pagan religions of the time and you have a far more brutal setting than almost anywhere in the modern world.
for instance, in the battle of Tuetoburg Forest, over 20,000 Romans were slaughtered and left to rot, all in a single battle.
War was entirely more brutal back then.
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Re: Would you support modern gladiator fighting? [Re: FruitOfLife]
#18903240 - 09/28/13 03:29 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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So who's coming over for Monday Night Masscare in a couple of nights? I got mad pizza on deck. We're going to have a drinking game, too. Shots for every extremity that gets cut the fuck off. Also heard that ESPN just booked Miley Cyrus for the halftime show. Fucking hyped, yo.
Oh and fellas from the sports forum be there early, we're going to do our fantasy gladiator death league draft.
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Re: Would you support modern gladiator fighting? [Re: Niffla]
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Niffla said: So who's coming over for Monday Night Masscare in a couple of nights? I got mad pizza on deck. We're going to have a drinking game, too. Shots for every extremity that gets cut the fuck off. Also heard that ESPN just booked Miley Cyrus for the halftime show. Fucking hyped, yo.
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Re: Would you support modern gladiator fighting? [Re: FruitOfLife]
#18903282 - 09/28/13 03:41 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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I'm going to take this dude with my first pick of the fantasy draft.

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Re: Would you support modern gladiator fighting? [Re: Fire is Born]
#18903306 - 09/28/13 03:48 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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Not Responding said: i say we do what they did ways back. send all our prisoners to australia.
You're English?
yeah, i came to the states 10 years ago with my pops.
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Re: Would you support modern gladiator fighting? [Re: Not Responding]
#18903354 - 09/28/13 04:07 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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Hell yeah id watch it, then again my heads a lil fucked up.
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Re: Would you support modern gladiator fighting? [Re: magicbroncoride]
#18903434 - 09/28/13 04:32 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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It is barbaric. But morally I see no wrong in it as long as everyone is doing so with their own free will and know the consequences of failure.
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Quote:
mushroom_sandwich said: The 20th century saw death and carnage that the Romans wouldn't have even been able to imagine.
if you're talking purely through technological advancement sure, bombs and airstrikes are more destructive, but thousands upon thousands of men charging battle lines and hacking people to death is definitely more BRUTAL. Then throw in the lack of modern medicine and the often bloody pagan religions of the time and you have a far more brutal setting than almost anywhere in the modern world.
for instance, in the battle of Tuetoburg Forest, over 20,000 Romans were slaughtered and left to rot, all in a single battle.
War was entirely more brutal back then.
Tell that to the flaming half dead bodies that drowned themselves en masse in a river in Hiroshima. Or the lines upon lines of blind leading the blind of men with their faces burnt off in World War One. Or the tens of thousands of bodies hacked with machetes in Rwanda. Or the millions upon millions that died in death camps and gulags in eastern Europe and Asia. Or the people put in car trunks and left trying to escape the forces of Idi Amin. Iran Iraq war. Vietnam. Pol Pot. Unit 731. Motherfucking Hitler. The 20th Century was easily the heavy weight champion of the history of brutality.
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Re: Would you support modern gladiator fighting? [Re: TheFakeSunRa]
#18903481 - 09/28/13 04:47 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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probably wouldn't check it out unless they were bad people like you guys mentioned would rather see chicks mud wrestling saw gladiator on t.v today
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Re: Would you support modern gladiator fighting? [Re: watermelon mon]
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Re: Would you support modern gladiator fighting? [Re: CosmicFool]
#18903804 - 09/28/13 06:05 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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CosmicFool said: I wouldn't pay to see it I probably wouldn't watch it but I would be ok with something like this existing
as long as all members involved did so by choice
if I was on death row or something and had the option to take part I would
actually I take that back, I would love to see real weapon combat among skilled combatants I don't want to see people getting killed but to see combat as it was would be interesting
I agree with you
But I'd rather see samurai' come back instead of gladiators
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Re: Would you support modern gladiator fighting? [Re: Dreaming Nomad]
#18903808 - 09/28/13 06:08 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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Dreaming Nomad said: I'm not talking about UFC or professional fighting.
I'm talking about guys with medieval weaponry entering a booby-trapped arena and fighting with a very real chance of dismemberment and/or death.
Would you pay to see it?
Nope, but i'm sure a lot of other people would. People today are so desensitized to violence and gore. I'm sure it would be popular, especially in the United States. But no, i'd never pay to see it, or even see it for free.
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I myself would participate
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Re: Would you support modern gladiator fighting? [Re: TheFakeSunRa]
#18904358 - 09/28/13 08:20 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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TheFakeSunRa said:
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mushroom_sandwich said: The 20th century saw death and carnage that the Romans wouldn't have even been able to imagine.
if you're talking purely through technological advancement sure, bombs and airstrikes are more destructive, but thousands upon thousands of men charging battle lines and hacking people to death is definitely more BRUTAL. Then throw in the lack of modern medicine and the often bloody pagan religions of the time and you have a far more brutal setting than almost anywhere in the modern world.
for instance, in the battle of Tuetoburg Forest, over 20,000 Romans were slaughtered and left to rot, all in a single battle.
War was entirely more brutal back then.
Tell that to the flaming half dead bodies that drowned themselves en masse in a river in Hiroshima. Or the lines upon lines of blind leading the blind of men with their faces burnt off in World War One. Or the tens of thousands of bodies hacked with machetes in Rwanda. Or the millions upon millions that died in death camps and gulags in eastern Europe and Asia. Or the people put in car trunks and left trying to escape the forces of Idi Amin. Iran Iraq war. Vietnam. Pol Pot. Unit 731. Motherfucking Hitler. The 20th Century was easily the heavy weight champion of the history of brutality.
atomic bombs aren't exactly an everyday occurrence, and almost every war you mentioned the casualties would pale in comparison to the losses regularly sustained back then in warfare.
the Holocaust is so obvious it didn't even need to be stated, you think there weren't slave camps EVERYWHERE in the Roman Republic/Empire? Think again man.
Everything you said while certainly brutal, still doesn't compare to back then in my opinion.
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I doubt that it exceeded the extermination of American Indians.
They committed a genocide that spanned three continents.
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Re: Would you support modern gladiator fighting? [Re: healing]
#18904484 - 09/28/13 08:47 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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I'd most likely support it under the right circumstances...
Make it so that anyone can volunteer, anyone who volunteers make absolute BANK if they survive a season which would consist of several bouts against different range of enemies and under different circumstances and terrain to make it mpre exciting and challenging. But have a mandatory training period of 5+ years in a variety of weapons and fighting techniques. Basically turn them into ultimate bad asses. Give them some rules and shit and make an actual sport out of it and that'd be bad ass. Also, you guys seem to think that a gladiator match would be like football or baseball where there is forty games a day. A gladiator sport would be more like 3 matches a year or something. Make the season two years long and then give any who win enough cash to live WELL for life and also to anyone who suffered crippling wounds and managed to survive even of they didn't finish the entire season. Sorta reminds me of the hunger games...
Except not just anyone can join, you have to go through a camp and only a certain number of the top bad asses make it into the league. And a season only starts when there are a certain number of gladiators, like 30. Also don't fight them against each other all the time, every bout or season. Completely change the game every time and make it interesting.
Might be AWESOME. Might be sickening...
I don't know. I'm 50/50 on this.
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GreyMorph said: Sorta reminds me of the hunger games
A cheap, dumbed-down Hollywood version of "Battle Royale".
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GreyMorph said: Sorta reminds me of the hunger games
A cheap, dumbed-down Hollywood version of "Battle Royale".
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