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A Worldwide Push To Bring Back Chariot Racing
SignOnSanDiego.com ^
| May 24, 2007
| THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
Posted on 05/24/2007 9:17:51 AM PDT by DogByte6RER
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Yes!!!!
Gentlemen, start your chariots!
Messala vs. Judah Ben Hur
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posted on
05/24/2007 9:18:53 AM PDT
by
DogByte6RER
("Loose lips sink ships")
This is better than a NASCAR wreck!
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posted on
05/24/2007 9:20:12 AM PDT
by
DogByte6RER
("Loose lips sink ships")
To: DogByte6RER
Next comes the Christians to the lions huh???
To: Uncle George
Oh please...
Racing chariots and religious persecution are two completely different things.
Read the article!
Chariot racing has nothing to do with with public executions of innocents for their religious beliefs.
While everybody can agree that there were many aspects of ancient Roman society that were very brutal, nobody can deny that ancient Rome has had a tremendous influence upon Western Civilization and American culture.
Just take a look at Washington, D.C. The architecture of so many of the government buildings pay homage to ancient Roman and Greek societies.
You don’t throw out the good with the bad.
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posted on
05/24/2007 9:27:56 AM PDT
by
DogByte6RER
("Loose lips sink ships")
To: DogByte6RER
I’d be happier if they’d bring back dueling, especially on the floor of Congress.
To: DogByte6RER
If May Day parading Communists are for it, I’m against it.
And we’ve had chariot racing at the Houston Rodeo for years.
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posted on
05/24/2007 9:29:52 AM PDT
by
weegee
(Libs want us to learn to live with terrorism, but if a gun is used they want to rewrite the Const.)
To: DogByte6RER
I remember reading an article with photos of chariot racing in America back in the 1950’s or 60’s.
They made the chariots out of 55 gallon drums, and they used air filled rubber tires from cars or trucks or something.
To: DogByte6RER
Just take a look at Washington, D.C. The architecture of so many of the government buildings pay homage to ancient Roman and Greek societies. Makes you wonder just which god they "trust"...
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posted on
05/24/2007 9:31:50 AM PDT
by
weegee
(Libs want us to learn to live with terrorism, but if a gun is used they want to rewrite the Const.)
To: Age of Reason
That sounds a lot like Redneck Chariot Racing!
Sort of like Ben Hur meets NASCAR.
lol
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posted on
05/24/2007 9:32:03 AM PDT
by
DogByte6RER
("Loose lips sink ships")
To: DogByte6RER
That’s about what it was—a bunch of cowboys in chariots.
To: weegee
And weve had chariot racing at the Houston Rodeo for years. They should challenge the fellas in the article to a race.
That would be something.
The Charioteer of Delphi, also known as Heniokhos (the rein-holder), is one of the best-known statues surviving from Ancient Greece, and is considered one of the finest examples of ancient bronze statues. The life-size statue of a chariot driver was found in 1896 at the Sanctuary of Apollo in Delphi, and is now in the Delphi Archaeological Museum.
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posted on
05/24/2007 9:38:19 AM PDT
by
DogByte6RER
("Loose lips sink ships")
To: Uncle George
Next comes the Christians to the lions huh??? Actually having condemned criminals fight in gladiator events would be a good vulgar entertainment for the mob.
Of course the ideal would be to reintroduce Roman concepts for fighting (and clemency) to the millitary.
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posted on
05/24/2007 9:38:45 AM PDT
by
Centurion2000
(Killing all of your enemies without mercy is the only sure way of sleeping soundly at night.)
To: Age of Reason
Sort of like the Roman Circuses, eh? Well, swell, that will go hand in hand with the bread that costs a day’s wage, and we’ll be truly reliving history. Bread and Circuses. So — what? They couldn’t be happy with harness racing? Lovely sport — much more civilized.
The Charioteer of Delphi was erected at Delphi in 474 BC, to commemorate the victory of a chariot team in the Pythian Games, which were held at Delphi every four years in honour of Pythean Apollo. It was originally part of a larger group of statuary, including the chariot, four (possibly six) horses and two grooms. Some fragments of the horses were found with the statue. When intact, it must have been one of the most imposing works of statuary in the world.
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posted on
05/24/2007 9:43:01 AM PDT
by
DogByte6RER
("Loose lips sink ships")
To: Constitutions Grandchild
"So what? They couldnt be happy with harness racing? Lovely sport much more civilized."
And much more boring too.
To: DogByte6RER
Don’t forget 8-track tapes. your cheriot won’t be right without an 8-track. oh and bring back lederhosen we need those too. Everything o
d is just so cool.
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posted on
05/24/2007 10:00:37 AM PDT
by
MrEdd
(L. Ron Gore creator of "Fry-n-tology" the global warming religion.)
To: DogByte6RER
It's called "harness racing" today.
-Eric
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posted on
05/24/2007 10:07:50 AM PDT
by
E Rocc
(Myspace "Freepers" group moderator)
To: DogByte6RER
Chuckwagons may have been invented to provide food for cowboys out on the range, but at the Calgary Stampede, 36 chucks and their crews turn out with nary a pancake on their minds. The
Chuckwagon Races are the wildest and most popular event at Stampede. In heats of four teams each, the crews barrel around the track in nail-biting competition every night for ten days. The winner of the final 'sudden death' heat takes home a check for CDN$50,000.
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