Okay — I realize that this is a very new blog but I’ve decided to go with the stand-alone version of wordpress, which means a different location. Here it is: www.theliquidcell.com/nathanslatter
I watched the movie “Gladiator” this weekend. This scene caught my attention:
GAIUS: Games! 150 days of games!
GRACCHUS: He’s cleverer than I thought.
GAIUS: Clever. The whole of Rome would be laughing at him if they weren’t in fear of his Praetorian.
GRACCHUS: Fear and wonder. A powerful combination.
GAIUS: Will the people really be seduced by that?
GRACCHUS: I think he knows what Rome is. Rome is the mob. He will conjure magic for them and they will be distracted. He will take away their freedom, and still they will roar. The beating heart of Rome is not the marble floor of the Senate, it is the sand of the Colosseum. He will give them death, and they will love him for it.
I turned in my second paper in English last weekend. The paper I turned in was:
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