Well, it did exclude women, metics, men under 30, and slaves, about 85% of the adult population in total. Greek democracy was essentially the assembly of the army (and navy, in the case of Athens), m… (View Post)

@Casino_Royale for its time and place, it made sense. The political issue that mostly exercised adult Greek males was whether to go to war, and with whom. War was considered a fair way of resolving d… (View Post)

The notion of don't like, don't read/watch/listen to really is alien to some people. (View Post)

This website is better than most. By no means is it confined to politics. I once wrote a short article in which I criticised a popular fan theory in relation to a TV series, and got responses on the … (View Post)

That's wrong too. If the Lib Dems have a fair chance of winning (and the polling suggests that they do) they should go for it. (View Post)