Hm, do you mean you have a different vision of the Romans than mine, or than Becquaert's? Because I think now my problem with their judgment is that I don't think they would condemn Robespierre by the criteria they give in the play, because now I think that by Roman standards (which at heart are really different from the overt motivations in the play) they would have condemned him. ...The issue is, the Romans probably would have been fine with those of his actions modern people find most questionable and condemned him for what we would see as his most laudable qualities.
That's really quite interesting. I guess the légende noire hasn't quite made it to Japan then...? Because I can't imagine that they could portray him as the Bloodthirsty Dictator of the propaganda we have to deal with over here and still view him that way.
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Date: Saturday, 5 September 2009 16:17 (UTC)...The issue is, the Romans probably would have been fine with those of his actions modern people find most questionable and condemned him for what we would see as his most laudable qualities.
That's really quite interesting. I guess the légende noire hasn't quite made it to Japan then...? Because I can't imagine that they could portray him as the Bloodthirsty Dictator of the propaganda we have to deal with over here and still view him that way.