Comments on: Lawsuits snarl Ohio high school football playoffs

By: wfjag

wfjag — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 23:46:18 +0000

@Small Government Guy
“You think those Phalanxes were made up soldiers?”

I used to think so. But, maybe the Lamba on the shields of the Spartan Hoplites meant “Lawyer”. That might more easily explain how 300 at Thermopylae undid Xerxes’ hostile takeover bid, which was backed by the full force of the mightest corporate body the world had seen and the efforts of a few hundreds of thousands. One lawyer undoing the effort of 1,000 people seems reasonable, so 300 could thwart the combined efforts of the Persian Empire. No wonder the Spartans were feared.

By: Small Government Guy

Small Government Guy — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 20:32:33 +0000

wfjag-

You think those Phalanxes were made up soldiers?

By: Bumper

Bumper — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 15:40:22 +0000

And just who do you think was the lion fodder?

Ah, the good old days.

By: John Burgess

John Burgess — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 15:22:20 +0000

@wfjag: They used the concept of “Time Out” and made it stick under the threat of divine retribution.

By: wfjag

wfjag — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 13:16:17 +0000

How did the Ancient Greeks manage to organize the Olympics, sometimes during periods of extended warfare among the City-States, without Phalanxes of Litigators?