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**Emperors Faithful**

sebster wrote:
Emperors Faithful wrote:Well, I don't know many cultures throughout history that have openly supported Child Porn or Bestiality.

But they existed. Both bestiality and sex with children was an accepted part of society at different times in ancient Greece.

I honestly find this hard to believe. Unless it was the rest of Greece simply taking a 'liberal' attitude to people who did this.

**sebster**

Emperors Faithful wrote:I honestly find this hard to believe. Unless it was the rest of Greece simply taking a 'liberal' attitude to people who did this.

It is quite shocking by modern standards but it was accepted. A mature man taking a young boy under his guidance was a core of Greek culture for centuries, and for much of their history is was accepted, even expected, that the relationship be sexual. Bestiality played an important role in religious ceremony, and was at times a part of wider culture - it took a prominent place in the Roman games.

**Emperors Faithful**

...wow. Didn't know that. And honestly, I didn't really want to.

**JohnHwangDD**

Emperors Faithful wrote:Well, I don't know many cultures throughout history that have openly supported Child Porn or Bestiality.

I thought Scotland and New Zealand were both big on sheep, no?

And really, if these weren't um, popular activities, the Book of Leviticus wouldn't have to tell people not to do it.

**Wrexasaur**

Keep fething that chicken.

Wait... that wasn't Leviticus...

sebster wrote:
It is quite shocking by modern standards but it was accepted. A mature man taking a young boy under his guidance was a core of Greek culture for centuries, and for much of their history is was accepted, even expected, that the relationship be sexual. Bestiality played an important role in religious ceremony, and was at times a part of wider culture - it took a prominent place in the Roman games.

I can't imagine that sort of social acceptance being all that wide spread throughout the many cultures and societies of the world.

**dogma**

I've not looked into it really, but it strikes me as being roughly comparable to human sacrifice, which was quite widespread.

**JEB_Stuart**

Well sebster is partially right. In Greece the relationships he described did exist but in a slightly different sense. The sexual element of the relationship did not involve anal or oral sex. Without going into graphic detail lets just say it involved the thighs...a lot....On the Roman attitude toward bestiality, and homosexuality, I don't find that to be at all accurate. It was widely considered to be offensive to call someone a homosexual, especially in the era of the Republic and early Empire. And while bestiality may have been practiced by some, namely some emperors such as Commodus, it was widely abhorred as being unnatural...

**Wrexasaur**

That is my understanding as well, though you probably have clearer knowledge on it.

There were many waves in both the Greek and Roman societies. As with any society, tolerance for certain behaviors, ebbed and flowed over time.

In terms of the relationships with young boys, I would imagine that 'practices' varied by household. I would not be surprised at all if the boys in many households were not merely symbols... like lawn gnomes or something

. You have your fan-ladies, your grape servers, your midgets that run around serving wine, and some boys that kind of just sit there all the time. Not sure why they had them, but they had them, and they were simply part of their hired/owned personal entourage if you may.

It would be naive to say that this was always the case... but hey, it eases my mind a little bit.

**Little lord Fauntleroy**

Emperors Faithful wrote:Aye, save the little ones...

It's too late for me anyway...

Oh gods, I get that picture

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**JEB_Stuart**

Emperors Faithful wrote:Well, I don't know many cultures throughout history that have openly supported Child Porn or Bestiality.

Apparently the Wal-Mart culture does....here we see the human cross-bred with the obese octopus...

**Orkeosaurus**

Hey, be nice. It isn't easy having a second pair of legs growing out of your back.

**Wrexasaur**

Back boobs?

**Emperors Faithful**

JEB_Stuart wrote:
Emperors Faithful wrote:Well, I don't know many cultures throughout history that have openly supported Child Porn or Bestiality.
Apparently the Wal-Mart culture does....here we see the human cross-bred with the obese octopus...

0_0

Where can I find an Orkmoticon that's throwing up?

**Orkeosaurus**

The Waaagh.

**Emperors Faithful**

**Wrexasaur**

Emperors Faithful wrote:

Fixed that for you.

**Emperors Faithful**

**Wrexasaur**

That is why there is no vomiting orkmoticon, along with other factors...