http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2008/05/obstructionism.html The Law, the Universe, and Everything Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:31:00 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 hourly 1 http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2008/05/obstructionism.html/comment-page-1#comment-49129 Alex Bienkowski Fri, 23 May 2008 00:32:21 +0000 http://www.solove.org/archives/2008/05/obstructionism-roman-style.html#comment-49129 Well, there's Cato and then again there's Cato. You are discussing Marcus Porcius Cato, the Younger,(95-46 BC) great grandson of the even more famous Marcus Porcius Cato,(234-149 BC) the Elder,called the Censor because he was frequently yelling at his fellow citizens, urging them to man-up and not be such sniveling softies. He was also the guy who get so scared of a revival of the power of Carthage that he concluded every speech, no matter what the topic, with" By the way, I think Carthage has to be destroyed"...which it finally was. Well, there’s Cato and then again there’s Cato. You are discussing Marcus Porcius Cato, the Younger,(95-46 BC) great grandson of the even more famous Marcus Porcius Cato,(234-149 BC) the Elder,called the Censor because he was frequently yelling at his fellow citizens, urging them to man-up and not be such sniveling softies. He was also the guy who get so scared of a revival of the power of Carthage that he concluded every speech, no matter what the topic, with” By the way, I think Carthage has to be destroyed”…which it finally was.

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