Comments on: The older woman recognized the warning signs https://www.isegoria.net/2019/06/the-older-woman-recognized-the-warning-signs/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Wed, 29 Apr 2026 21:58:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: McChuck https://www.isegoria.net/2019/06/the-older-woman-recognized-the-warning-signs/comment-page-1/#comment-2866893 McChuck Thu, 27 Jun 2019 13:49:13 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=45269#comment-2866893 “the Athenians killed all the Melian men and enslaved all the women and children.”

But hey, at least the Athenians brought them democracy. /snark

]]> By: McChuck https://www.isegoria.net/2019/06/the-older-woman-recognized-the-warning-signs/comment-page-1/#comment-2866892 McChuck Thu, 27 Jun 2019 13:47:13 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=45269#comment-2866892 “the Athenians killed all the Melian men and enslaved all the women and children.”

Unpossible! We know that only Christian crusaders ever massacre the people of a defeated city! /snark

]]> By: Harry Jones https://www.isegoria.net/2019/06/the-older-woman-recognized-the-warning-signs/comment-page-1/#comment-2865770 Harry Jones Wed, 26 Jun 2019 21:27:23 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=45269#comment-2865770 My take: a small island can never stay politically independent, because it can never be economically independent to the point of building adequate defenses. A larger island might be able to manage it. For a small island to be politically sovereign is contrary to nature.

Before Melos was invaded, all its neighboring islands were already under Athenian control. The handwriting was on the wall. The point of war is to win. If you can’t hope to win, then there’s no point. The universe is not on your side, and that’s that.

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