biggiesmalls
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i'm trying to show my tattoo artist so he can work something out for me 
Anyone have a good MALON LABE graphic?
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markk
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Google "molon labe", click images...
First response of many:
First response of many:
bogie
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Nope. Ain't gone none a those things...
Learn to spell, son... BEFORE you get your tattoo guy to do his thing...
Learn to spell, son... BEFORE you get your tattoo guy to do his thing...
biggiesmalls
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turns out i just spelled it wrong and yielded no results. thanks markk!
jakemccoy
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bogie
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And if it is speled rite.
WhisperFan
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Does anyone know a source for the decals shown in post #2?
Thanks in advance.
Thanks in advance.
Artiz
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scrat
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whats that
scrat
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for those who do not know
Come and take them.
In 480 BC, Xerxes King of Persia (son of Darius who was defeated in a prior attempt to take Greece) had landed in Greece and was in full preparation to invade Athens, the leader of the independent Greek city-states as part of his strategic plan to conquer all of Greece.
King Leonidas of Sparta (left) and another Greek city-state agreed to help stop the invading Persians, and marched with 300 hand-picked troops to Thermopylae on the north coast of Greece. Thermopylae was the best of three possible defensive areas in which Xerxes' invading army had to advance. This mountain gap along the coast was about 60 feet wide, and was the best location for a blocking action. Since the 300 knew they were going to die fighting against overwhelming force the first requirement was that each man had to have a son left behind.
When Leonidas was preparing to make his stand, a Persian envoy arrived. The envoy explained to Leonidas the futility of trying to resist the advance of the huge Persian army and demanded that the Spartans lay down their arms. Leonidas told Xerxes "MOLON LABE",or "Come And Get Them."
"Our archers are so numerous,"said the envoy, "that the flight of their arrows darkens the sun."
"So much the better,"replied Dienekes, a Spartan warrior, "for we shall fight them in the shade."
After three days of fighting and having killed countless numbers of Xerxes' elite troops, they were finally overrun after being betrayed by a traitor who showed the enemy another pass behind the defenders. King Leonidas and his Spartans were then killed to the last man in a final battle. Xerxes marched on and destroyed Athens.
However, the Spartans gallant defense gave the rest of Greece more time to mobilize and increased their morale and willingness to fight. The Persians now faced an united Greek army and navy, lead by Spartans, that destroyed his fleet at the Straits of Salamis and defeated his army at Plataea. Xerxes eventually withdrew back to Persia.
Today there is a plaque dedicated to those heroes at the site. It reads: "Go tell the Spartans, travelers passing by, that here, obedient to their laws we lie."The point of this true story is when anybody demands you to give up your guns, tell them "MOLON LABE". You may fall in the first fight, but many more will step into your place and a determined and organized
In the gun community its used the same way. Molon Labe. Come and take them. You may suceed in taking my guns today however. Tomorrow others many more will step into my place determined and well organized. You will not take our guns.
A good movie to see is 300. It was out on dvd this past summer. after reading what i just wrote when you see the movie you will have a greater understanding for it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDiUG52ZyHQ
Watch above
Come and take them.
In 480 BC, Xerxes King of Persia (son of Darius who was defeated in a prior attempt to take Greece) had landed in Greece and was in full preparation to invade Athens, the leader of the independent Greek city-states as part of his strategic plan to conquer all of Greece.
King Leonidas of Sparta (left) and another Greek city-state agreed to help stop the invading Persians, and marched with 300 hand-picked troops to Thermopylae on the north coast of Greece. Thermopylae was the best of three possible defensive areas in which Xerxes' invading army had to advance. This mountain gap along the coast was about 60 feet wide, and was the best location for a blocking action. Since the 300 knew they were going to die fighting against overwhelming force the first requirement was that each man had to have a son left behind.
When Leonidas was preparing to make his stand, a Persian envoy arrived. The envoy explained to Leonidas the futility of trying to resist the advance of the huge Persian army and demanded that the Spartans lay down their arms. Leonidas told Xerxes "MOLON LABE",or "Come And Get Them."
"Our archers are so numerous,"said the envoy, "that the flight of their arrows darkens the sun."
"So much the better,"replied Dienekes, a Spartan warrior, "for we shall fight them in the shade."
After three days of fighting and having killed countless numbers of Xerxes' elite troops, they were finally overrun after being betrayed by a traitor who showed the enemy another pass behind the defenders. King Leonidas and his Spartans were then killed to the last man in a final battle. Xerxes marched on and destroyed Athens.
However, the Spartans gallant defense gave the rest of Greece more time to mobilize and increased their morale and willingness to fight. The Persians now faced an united Greek army and navy, lead by Spartans, that destroyed his fleet at the Straits of Salamis and defeated his army at Plataea. Xerxes eventually withdrew back to Persia.
Today there is a plaque dedicated to those heroes at the site. It reads: "Go tell the Spartans, travelers passing by, that here, obedient to their laws we lie."The point of this true story is when anybody demands you to give up your guns, tell them "MOLON LABE". You may fall in the first fight, but many more will step into your place and a determined and organized
In the gun community its used the same way. Molon Labe. Come and take them. You may suceed in taking my guns today however. Tomorrow others many more will step into my place determined and well organized. You will not take our guns.
A good movie to see is 300. It was out on dvd this past summer. after reading what i just wrote when you see the movie you will have a greater understanding for it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDiUG52ZyHQ
Watch above
DeathByCactus
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I just want to jump in and clarify that 300, while a good copy of a graphic novel, has very little historical accuracies.
Nolo
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No, but you WILL want to go medieval on some folks after you watch it...
BobOfTheFuture
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yeah, the idea is there though.
DeathByCactus
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Oh I agree, I just wanted to point that out hehehe. I enjoyed the movie greatly.
TexasRifleman
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You mean Xerxes and Pinhead from the Hellraiser movies didn't actually look alike?
I'm pretty sure Xerxes didn't give Leonidas a rubdown either........
Can you tell I didn't like the movie?
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I would also like to point out that while the 300 Spartans are immortalized in history, we have largely forgotten that the Greek army at Thermopylae numbered about 10,000 with units from most of the Greek City/States. We also forget that at the last, when the Greeks learned that the Persians had discovered a trail that allowed them to send forces to encircle the defenders and the majority of the Greek forces withdrew, 700 Thespians stayed with the Spartans and fought and died to the last man alongside them.
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Another under-reported and pretty much forgotten fact is that the naval forces of Themistocles held off the Persian navy day after day. If, in fact, Themistocles had not held the naval channel, Xerxes and his naval force would have been able to encircle Leonidas much earlier, or perhaps by-pass them altogether.
Kentucky-roughrider
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Javelin,
The Spartans were not homos, It was another city state of Thebes, with their scared band, also with 300 men.
That though comes from Sparta boy in a state boarding school from 7 to about 20. And, on their marriage night, they had to slip in her bed room and rape her. (the rape I believe was ceramonal)
The old man and teen was more common in Athens, and was mostly a mentor type, in sexual relationship did happen was well.
The Spartans were not homos, It was another city state of Thebes, with their scared band, also with 300 men.
That though comes from Sparta boy in a state boarding school from 7 to about 20. And, on their marriage night, they had to slip in her bed room and rape her. (the rape I believe was ceramonal)
The old man and teen was more common in Athens, and was mostly a mentor type, in sexual relationship did happen was well.
Funderb
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This thread is full of anachronistic interpretations of acts and ceremonies from an age that cannot be compared to ours. Most of them are ignorant statements, hearsay, etc.
If you want to condemn or promote historical figures by their acts and accomplishments I strongly suggest that you research and comprehend the actual history in its entirety.
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