Friday, December 18, 2009

The modern day Gladiator is now a Mediator

In the olden days when Rome was the center of civilization, the emperors provided an opiate to the masses by organizing mortal combat in the Colosseum. Man against man, man against beast, beast against beast, the protagonists gave it their all and fought for their lives while the spectators drank wine and partake of the feast. The crowd cheer at every thrust and parry of the swords and cringe at the sight of intestines spilling out as the blade make its contact with the human flesh . Nothing excites the mob more and nothing brings them to a frenzy than seeing a wounded man mightily summoning his last ounce of courage to stuff back his spilled guts in his stomach.

Then the lawyers came.

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