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**loinburger** · February 9, 2003, 19:48

Apparently Alexander the Great has been used in some pretty bizarre nationalist propoganda. Seems that, for some inexplicable reason, everybody wants to claim Alexander the Great as their own.

**Boris Godunov** · February 9, 2003, 19:50

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**MarkG** · February 9, 2003, 19:50

Originally posted by Gangerolf
canada, cause the greeks are busy arresting plane spotters and gamers

actually, we are currently busy arresting terrorists

**MarkG** · February 9, 2003, 19:53

Originally posted by Boris Godunov
Man, how sad to have one's sense of national pride...

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ok, where's your third attempt at a good troll?

**Boris Godunov** · February 9, 2003, 19:55

Originally posted by Boris Godunov
The most popular bisexual ever!

How is this a troll?

Oh, wait...sure, if you think bisexuals are somehow bad then I can see why you might think that is a troll.

*Cough*Bigot*Cough*

**KrazyHorse** · February 9, 2003, 19:57

I think he's pointing out the irony in you expressing pride in AtG as an alternate sexuality type person immediately after making fun of people for expressing pride in him as someone born near where they were.

**Boris Godunov** · February 9, 2003, 19:58

Originally posted by Frogger
I think he's pointing out the irony in you expressing pride in AtG as an alternate sexuality type person immediately after making fun of people for expressing pride in him as someone born near where they were.

I don't think he was being that clever.

And I wasn't expressing that with any pride. I'm not a bisexual, after all.

**KrazyHorse** · February 9, 2003, 19:59

Ah, but you are (as I so creatively phrased it) "an alternate sexuality type person".

**Boris Godunov** · February 9, 2003, 20:00

Originally posted by Frogger
Ah, but you are (as I so creatively phrased it) "an alternate sexuality type person".

Even so, I certainly don't need AtG to validate my identity! After all, I have Michaelangelo and Abraham Lincoln for that.

**Kontiki** · February 9, 2003, 20:00

Originally posted by MarkG
political separations of ancient greece (e.g. the autonomous greek city-states) should not be confused with the cultural unity of the ancient greek people (language, customs, religion, etc etc)

Why the hell not? Do you think that there is a sudden and massive change in language, customs, religion, etc. every time you hit a national border? Your "nationality" is defined by what political unit you live in, not to what you may have cultural unity with. I'm not American, even though I share all of the necessary cultural unifiers you point out.

**MarkG** · February 9, 2003, 20:03

The most popular bisexual ever!

trere are only two possibilities:
1) you trolled, thinking i would not like the idea of a "national hero" being a bisexual
2) you didnt troll, in which case you were cheering for the great bisexual ever. you interest to bring up bisexuals in a thread that noone had mentioned anything about sex could only mean one thing.....

**chequita guevara** · February 9, 2003, 20:04

Since the ancient Hellenes considered the Macedonai to be barbaroi, why should we dispute them? Hellas needs to get over itself. They're just Greek speaking Turks anyway.

**Gangerolf** · February 9, 2003, 20:07

actually, we are currently busy arresting terrorists

oh so that's what you call plane spotters and gamers now?

Your "nationality" is defined by what political unit you live in, not to what you may have cultural unity with. I'm not American, even though I share all of the necessary cultural unifiers you point out.

nationality in the old days and today are two quite different things.

back then, nationality was culture + language.

nowadays it might be what you said.

**Boris Godunov** · February 9, 2003, 20:09

Originally posted by MarkG

The most popular bisexual ever!

trere are only two possibilities:
1) you trolled, thinking i would not like the idea of a "national hero" being a bisexual
2) you didnt troll, in which case you were cheering for the great bisexual ever. you interest to bring up bisexuals in a thread that noone had mentioned anything about sex could only mean one thing.....

Ohhh you...

1) The comment was actually directed at the nationalist/white supremacist Web sites, which would certainly object to the notion. The fact that you immediately took umbrage at it as a "troll" directed at you is...interesting...

2) There is such a thing as irony, and I have occasionally been capable of it. Sometimes...
3) What's wrong with Socrates? Just because you guys also killed him doesn't mean you can't make him the idol you worship for national self-esteem. Okay, sure, he's a highly fictionalized character, but that shouldn't bother you, considering you insist on making Alexander Greek.

**MarkG** · February 9, 2003, 20:10

Originally posted by Kontiki
Why the hell not? Do you think that there is a sudden and massive change in language, customs, religion, etc. every time you hit a national border?

actually this is the case for my national borders. i dont know about yours...

Your "nationality" is defined by what political unit you live in, not to what you may have cultural unity with.

when i talk about nationality i mean ethnicity(and this is certainly how anyone would understand history tv's quiz). you might not make that distiction....

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