Comments on: The Olympic “Games” http://islamicpolitik.com/2008/07/the-olympic-games.html An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:58:27 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Shaykh Rattle 'n' Roll http://islamicpolitik.com/2008/07/the-olympic-games.html/comment-page-1#comment-915 Shaykh Rattle 'n' Roll Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:01:59 +0000 http://islamicpolitik.com/?p=102#comment-915 As noted by the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bread_and_circuses" rel="nofollow">Roman poet Juvenal</a>: ... Already long ago, from when we sold our vote to no man, the People have abdicated our duties; for the People who once upon a time handed out military command, high civil office, legions - everything, now restrains itself and anxiously hopes for just two things: bread and circuses<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('915','Shaykh Rattle \'n\' Roll'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('915','Shaykh Rattle \'n\' Roll','As noted by the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bread_and_circuses\" rel=\"nofollow\">Roman poet Juvenal<\/a>:\r\n\r\n ... Already long ago, from when we sold our vote to no man,\r\n the People have abdicated our duties; for the People who once upon a time\r\n handed out military command, high civil office, legions - everything, now\r\n restrains itself and anxiously hopes for just two things:\r\n bread and circuses'); return false;">Quote</a></div> As noted by the Roman poet Juvenal:

… Already long ago, from when we sold our vote to no man,
the People have abdicated our duties; for the People who once upon a time
handed out military command, high civil office, legions – everything, now
restrains itself and anxiously hopes for just two things:
bread and circuses

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]]> By: Salman Ul Haq http://islamicpolitik.com/2008/07/the-olympic-games.html/comment-page-1#comment-904 Salman Ul Haq Mon, 18 Aug 2008 12:28:10 +0000 http://islamicpolitik.com/?p=102#comment-904 Agreed! There's another aspect to these mega events: In order to divert the attention of unsuspecting mankind from their miserable lives and in effect deceive them into believing that this world IS the Heaven. Who has this characteristic of deceiving 99% of the mankind? Even his name means 'Deception'?<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('904','Salman Ul Haq'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('904','Salman Ul Haq','Agreed! There\'s another aspect to these mega events: In order to divert the attention of unsuspecting mankind from their miserable lives and in effect deceive them into believing that this world IS the Heaven.\n\nWho has this characteristic of deceiving 99% of the mankind? Even his name means \'Deception\'?'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Agreed! There’s another aspect to these mega events: In order to divert the attention of unsuspecting mankind from their miserable lives and in effect deceive them into believing that this world IS the Heaven.

Who has this characteristic of deceiving 99% of the mankind? Even his name means ‘Deception’?

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