03-14-2010, 10:06 AM
First, let me state that I DO admire the roman achievements. However, my affection to the subject was tarnished when I read in a site, dedicated to the same topics as RAT, a statement that shocked me. It said that the romans where in actuality the nazis of the era.
The more I think about it, the more I see the similarity. Through technological superiority, dedication and discipline, both used extremely brutal force to occupy and enslave other nations.
Genocide was a legitimate act. Slaughtering woman and children was not immoral. Having innocent people horribly tortured and killed was plain fun (actualy, AFAIK that was NOT the case in Germany as a whole). Both considered themselves as of superior rigths, while others are as good as animals or objects. Both aspired to dominate the world.
At the roman era, slavery, cruelty and brutality was not unheard of, but it seems they took it a big step forward. In a way, like the nazis took colonialism to another level. It doesnt give neither the excuse of "everybody did it".
All this makes me very uneasy. What is the moral difference between reenacting a ligioner and reenacting an SS man? How do I settle my fascination of the culture, with my distaste of the ways and morality?
How do you?
The more I think about it, the more I see the similarity. Through technological superiority, dedication and discipline, both used extremely brutal force to occupy and enslave other nations.
Genocide was a legitimate act. Slaughtering woman and children was not immoral. Having innocent people horribly tortured and killed was plain fun (actualy, AFAIK that was NOT the case in Germany as a whole). Both considered themselves as of superior rigths, while others are as good as animals or objects. Both aspired to dominate the world.
At the roman era, slavery, cruelty and brutality was not unheard of, but it seems they took it a big step forward. In a way, like the nazis took colonialism to another level. It doesnt give neither the excuse of "everybody did it".
All this makes me very uneasy. What is the moral difference between reenacting a ligioner and reenacting an SS man? How do I settle my fascination of the culture, with my distaste of the ways and morality?
How do you?
Regards, Yuv.
