Comments on: I do not know about the use this privilege gets https://www.isegoria.net/2019/03/i-do-not-know-about-the-use-this-privilege-gets/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Fri, 26 Jun 2026 21:34:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Wayne https://www.isegoria.net/2019/03/i-do-not-know-about-the-use-this-privilege-gets/comment-page-1/#comment-2757145 Wayne Mon, 18 Mar 2019 18:56:09 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=44621#comment-2757145 That sounds like Saturnalia. https://www.historytoday.com/archive/did-romans-invent-christmas

This is an interesting video that mentions it. https://www.alephbeta.org/playlist/origin-of-hanukkah-winter-holiday They don’t go into specifics, but Saturn has associations with many pagan rituals…

]]> By: Kirk https://www.isegoria.net/2019/03/i-do-not-know-about-the-use-this-privilege-gets/comment-page-1/#comment-2757116 Kirk Mon, 18 Mar 2019 14:42:43 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=44621#comment-2757116 Still done, in most US units I have been in.

Food is a primal thing. This is why you have the leadership serve the food in the field, and not eat until everyone else has. You giving your subordinates their food is a reinforcer for dominance and fealty, acting out the role of pack leader on a larger scale.

]]> By: Graham https://www.isegoria.net/2019/03/i-do-not-know-about-the-use-this-privilege-gets/comment-page-1/#comment-2757101 Graham Mon, 18 Mar 2019 11:56:39 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=44621#comment-2757101 To clarify, I think a British officer character visiting his wounded men described the custom, and the MASH personnel imitated it as a morale-boosting stunt. Klinger was enthusiastic.

]]> By: Graham https://www.isegoria.net/2019/03/i-do-not-know-about-the-use-this-privilege-gets/comment-page-1/#comment-2757100 Graham Mon, 18 Mar 2019 11:54:09 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=44621#comment-2757100 This was actually depicted in an episode of MASH.

Perhaps one of the show writers had encountered the phenomenon during the actual Korean War and remembered it 20 plus years later.

Or really did his homework when somebody asked him to write a story with Brits in it.

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