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<blockquote data-quote="Rystil Arden" data-source="post: 3411083" data-attributes="member: 29014">I've tried to be careful not to analyse the movie at all, since I haven't seen it--I'm only responding to support valid historical information about Sparta and criticise faulty information.&nbsp; That said, if the movie really does have the Spartans making fun of their Greek allies for homosexuality or pederasty it really would be ridiculous--like if a movie showed Joseph Stalin talking to Churchill and Roosevelt during World War II and laughing at them &quot;You pansies!&nbsp; You still have Communist Parties in your countries--Communism is evil and you should just wipe them out!&nbsp; Be more like the Soviet Union&quot; and then he goes home to his completely capitalistic Soviet Union.&nbsp; If the movie was mostly about Soviets killing Germans, it probably wouldn't matter to enjoyment of the movie for most, but it would be a serious WTF moment.&nbsp; The same is true here.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Rystil Arden, post: 3411083, member: 29014"] I've tried to be careful not to analyse the movie at all, since I haven't seen it--I'm only responding to support valid historical information about Sparta and criticise faulty information. That said, if the movie really does have the Spartans making fun of their Greek allies for homosexuality [I]or[/I] pederasty it really would be ridiculous--like if a movie showed Joseph Stalin talking to Churchill and Roosevelt during World War II and laughing at them "You pansies! You still have Communist Parties in your countries--Communism is evil and you should just wipe them out! Be more like the Soviet Union" and then he goes home to his completely capitalistic Soviet Union. If the movie was mostly about Soviets killing Germans, it probably wouldn't matter to enjoyment of the movie for most, but it would be a serious WTF moment. The same is true here. [/QUOTE]

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