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Lady Liberty vs. Athena
What would happen if Lady Liberty met Athena in a dark alley? The
pitting of the ancient Greek goddess of wisdom and warfare -- the bedrock ideals of ancient Greece -- against the modern U.S. "goddess" of independence and freedom -- the bedrock ideals of America. Here it is visually: http://rg.ancients.info/guide There's more to coins than their shiny (or toned, patinated, worn, scratched, pitted, or gauged) surfaces. There's also what they stand for, the propaganda message they put out. There's the history of the people who minted them. There's the wonder. If Lady Liberty met Athena, they would first warily, intently, stare at each other. Two-and-a-half millennia is a huge chasm to bridge. Liberty, a product of her brutally open age, would break the ice. "Come into the light," she'd say, pointing to a nearby streetlight, "and walk unencumbered." "No clever trick of man can match the brilliance of the noonday sun," Athena would say in return. "I'll take my world of the misty past against your nuclear-scorched uncertainty." Noises intrude. They turn their heads toward the boisterousness and follow it, into an Irish pub. Bathed by ancient Celtic music from the jukebox, the split a pitcher of mead and marvel at their common divinity. As they ready to leave, each adamantly insists on paying the tab, Athena with her stater, Liberty with her quarter eagle. A tall, emaciated man walks up to them and slaps a credit card on the table, hard. "Save it for the coin club meeting," he says. (I really need to get back to work...) -- Email: (delete "remove this") Consumer: http://rg.ancients.info/guide Connoisseur: http://rg.ancients.info/glom Counterfeit: http://rg.ancients.info/bogos |
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On 29-Sep-2004, Reid Goldsborough wrote: What would happen if Lady Liberty met Athena in a dark alley? The pitting of the ancient Greek goddess of wisdom and warfare -- the bedrock ideals of ancient Greece -- against the modern U.S. "goddess" of independence and freedom -- the bedrock ideals of America. Athena would kick her ass. Could liberty survive if wisdom and warfare were not on her side? It's almost absurd to think of pitting wisdom against liberty, but those goddesses do seem to get in more than their share of spats. |
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"Papito" wrote in
: On 29-Sep-2004, Reid Goldsborough wrote: What would happen if Lady Liberty met Athena in a dark alley? The pitting of the ancient Greek goddess of wisdom and warfare -- the bedrock ideals of ancient Greece -- against the modern U.S. "goddess" of independence and freedom -- the bedrock ideals of America. Athena would kick her ass. Could liberty survive if wisdom and warfare were not on her side? It's almost absurd to think of pitting wisdom against liberty, but those goddesses do seem to get in more than their share of spats. Agreed, the ass whooping inflicted by Athena would leave no doubt in the worlds mind who had the superior philosophy. And the emacited old man would get a whooping too. This all reeks of the Miller beer commercial with the 2 super models fighting in the fountain. A more important question is, if Jesus and Mohammed had a boxing match. who would win? -- Joecoin Copper is as copper does. |
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Two words: Mud Wrestling.
--K "Reid Goldsborough" wrote in message news What would happen if Lady Liberty met Athena in a dark alley? The pitting of the ancient Greek goddess of wisdom and warfare -- the bedrock ideals of ancient Greece -- against the modern U.S. "goddess" of independence and freedom -- the bedrock ideals of America. Here it is visually: http://rg.ancients.info/guide There's more to coins than their shiny (or toned, patinated, worn, scratched, pitted, or gauged) surfaces. There's also what they stand for, the propaganda message they put out. There's the history of the people who minted them. There's the wonder. If Lady Liberty met Athena, they would first warily, intently, stare at each other. Two-and-a-half millennia is a huge chasm to bridge. Liberty, a product of her brutally open age, would break the ice. "Come into the light," she'd say, pointing to a nearby streetlight, "and walk unencumbered." "No clever trick of man can match the brilliance of the noonday sun," Athena would say in return. "I'll take my world of the misty past against your nuclear-scorched uncertainty." Noises intrude. They turn their heads toward the boisterousness and follow it, into an Irish pub. Bathed by ancient Celtic music from the jukebox, the split a pitcher of mead and marvel at their common divinity. As they ready to leave, each adamantly insists on paying the tab, Athena with her stater, Liberty with her quarter eagle. A tall, emaciated man walks up to them and slaps a credit card on the table, hard. "Save it for the coin club meeting," he says. (I really need to get back to work...) -- Email: (delete "remove this") Consumer: http://rg.ancients.info/guide Connoisseur: http://rg.ancients.info/glom Counterfeit: http://rg.ancients.info/bogos |
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On Thu, 30 Sep 2004 06:42:29 GMT, "Papito" wrote:
Athena would kick her ass. Could liberty survive if wisdom and warfare were not on her side? It's almost absurd to think of pitting wisdom against liberty, but those goddesses do seem to get in more than their share of spats. I don't know about this. You have to consider the consequences. Liberty leads to or promotes all kinds of things -- initiative, inventiveness, individualism, and so on. You could argue that Liberty subsumes within herself wisdom -- one aspect of the dual-sided Athena. I know: Athena is a tough broad, with her war helmet and all. But she didn't help Athens much in the end, with the city first falling to Sparta, then to Alexander the Great, then to Rome, and after that the Athenians threw her out and replaced her with Christ. That was followed by nearly two millennia of domination by the Byzantines and Ottoman Turks. Still, Athens recently pulled off the Olympics, did a marvelous job from most reports. I'd bet a tet that Athena is smiling. -- Email: (delete "remove this") Consumer: http://rg.ancients.info/guide Connoisseur: http://rg.ancients.info/glom Counterfeit: http://rg.ancients.info/bogos |
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On Thu, 30 Sep 2004 11:18:20 GMT, joecoin
wrote: This all reeks of the Miller beer commercial with the 2 super models fighting in the fountain. And "joecoin" reeks as yet another Usenet flameturd or much more likely another online persona of one of the same group of five or six hardcore flame people here. You've been here, in your current persona, since July, having left, let's see, 120 messages since then. That's a lot of message for a newbie. Gee, "Joe," I'm surprised you didn't engage in name calling with this message of yours as you have before. You're slipping. Say, how's that Hotmail account working out? You wouldn't care to divulge who you really are? But you'd need to tell the truth for it to mean anything. I know. Truth gets in the way. It's hard. -- Email: (delete "remove this") Consumer: http://rg.ancients.info/guide Connoisseur: http://rg.ancients.info/glom Counterfeit: http://rg.ancients.info/bogos |
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It's sort of like the famous question: "Who would in in a fight between
Superman and God?" We're too old for that sort of speculation... eric l. |
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Reid Goldsborough wrote:
And "joecoin" reeks as yet another Usenet flameturd or much more likely another online persona of one of the same group of five or six hardcore flame people here. You've been here, in your current persona, since July, having left, let's see, 120 messages since then. That's a lot of message for a newbie. Looky, looky....the professional typist does a Google search, but because he doesn't really know how to use Google effectively, his research is flawed...as usual. Didn't his sig "copper is as copper does" seem more familiar to you than his e-mail address Reid? Had you limited your Google search to the sig you would find out that the poster is Joe Schell and he's been posting to RCC for 6 years....much longer than you have. Say, how's that Hotmail account working out? Seems to be working out just fine considering he's been using it for at least four of the six years he's been posting to RCC. Just what the hell did you use for your search criteria? Gee, "Joe," I'm surprised you didn't engage in name calling with this message of yours... Apparently he's more than happy to leave that to you. You wouldn't care to divulge who you really are? But you'd need to tell the truth for it to mean anything. I know. Truth gets in the way. It's hard. What an enormous hypocrite....the master of sockpuppetry lecturing someone about tthe truth. ++++++++++ Phil DeMayo - always here for my fellow Stooge When bidding online always sit on your helmet Just say NO to counterfeits |
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"joecoin" wrote in message .95... "Papito" wrote in : On 29-Sep-2004, Reid Goldsborough wrote: What would happen if Lady Liberty met Athena in a dark alley? The pitting of the ancient Greek goddess of wisdom and warfare -- the bedrock ideals of ancient Greece -- against the modern U.S. "goddess" of independence and freedom -- the bedrock ideals of America. Athena would kick her ass. Could liberty survive if wisdom and warfare were not on her side? It's almost absurd to think of pitting wisdom against liberty, but those goddesses do seem to get in more than their share of spats. Agreed, the ass whooping inflicted by Athena would leave no doubt in the worlds mind who had the superior philosophy. And the emacited old man would get a whooping too. This all reeks of the Miller beer commercial with the 2 super models fighting in the fountain. A more important question is, if Jesus and Mohammed had a boxing match. who would win? Mohammed by decision. Jesus keeps turning the other cheek, and Mohammed never shows his face. rimshot (already going to hell for an earlier post, so one more won't make a difference...) -- Zamboni |
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