From: tgpedersen@...
Message: 6721
Date: 2001-03-24
--- In cybalist@..., Omar Karamán <diogenes@...> wrote:
I am not trying to explain something from the minds of a few men. I
am using them as an example of how millions of others must have
behaved. You may explain the displays at Roman circuses in 'rational'
terms as descended from other rites, etc, but the general impression
remains of something inexplicably bloothirsty. So wondered St.
Augustine when he told of his friend being captivated by the games
against his will.
Torsten