Cristina 11's Comments
I cannot believe you have to pay for this
But then, I remembered you don't have free medical care like the rest of the world...
It's such a basic human right, how can you stand it? It's amazing
But then, I remembered you don't have free medical care like the rest of the world...
It's such a basic human right, how can you stand it? It's amazing
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I'm Romanian and I can tell you the truth.
Vlad was a hero for our people.
He wasn't send by his father; he was taken/abducted by Turks.
You see Turks took boys each year from every country they conquered and trained them to be fighters for their army.
He was smart so Turks put him to be king of Romanian country. He, of course, promised loyalty to them.
But as soon as they made him king, he fought them back.
These 30,000 people you are taken about were Turks. He beat them and as a reminder for those who still thought to come and conquer Romania, impaled them.
("In fact, he liked the practice so much he once impaled 30,000 people at one time, for violations of some trade law or other (those of higher social standing got longer spikes).")
By the way, he didn’t invent it. It was common practice for criminals in medieval each. His invention was using it for enemies and for large groups of people at once.
And yes, he chose to have dinner next to the "forest" of impaled. It was a publicity campaign (as it might be called now). The word spread and the message was "This is what will happen for those who come to occupy Romania!"
And yes, he impaled also criminals and other wrong doers.
As a consequence my country enjoyed a time of peace and order.
"Impaling wasn’t Vlad’s only pastime. He also enjoyed having people physically disfigured, skinned, dismembered, boiled, eviscerated, or blinded while he watched, and frequently while he ate. His supposed habit of drinking his victims’ blood and eating their flesh led to Dracula vampire stories we all know so well. If you happened to be a guest at one of his impaling dinners and you got queasy or expressed disgust, guest what - you got impaled."
This is totally fake. Only truth here is about his name: Dracul. It literally means the devil. Turks called him this, for us he was Vlad.
And also: no, he didn’t kill the old and sick.
He wouldn’t have enjoyed the good reputation he had. He is as one of the most loved and respected Romanian voievozi (kings).
The vampire myth is a merge of several Romanian myths about: varcolac, vampire and about Vlad. The guy who invented this story read several books about Romanian and combined them, giving the vampire name one famous name he came across in his enemies' stories.
Vlad was a hero for our people.
He wasn't send by his father; he was taken/abducted by Turks.
You see Turks took boys each year from every country they conquered and trained them to be fighters for their army.
He was smart so Turks put him to be king of Romanian country. He, of course, promised loyalty to them.
But as soon as they made him king, he fought them back.
These 30,000 people you are taken about were Turks. He beat them and as a reminder for those who still thought to come and conquer Romania, impaled them.
("In fact, he liked the practice so much he once impaled 30,000 people at one time, for violations of some trade law or other (those of higher social standing got longer spikes).")
By the way, he didn’t invent it. It was common practice for criminals in medieval each. His invention was using it for enemies and for large groups of people at once.
And yes, he chose to have dinner next to the "forest" of impaled. It was a publicity campaign (as it might be called now). The word spread and the message was "This is what will happen for those who come to occupy Romania!"
And yes, he impaled also criminals and other wrong doers.
As a consequence my country enjoyed a time of peace and order.
"Impaling wasn’t Vlad’s only pastime. He also enjoyed having people physically disfigured, skinned, dismembered, boiled, eviscerated, or blinded while he watched, and frequently while he ate. His supposed habit of drinking his victims’ blood and eating their flesh led to Dracula vampire stories we all know so well. If you happened to be a guest at one of his impaling dinners and you got queasy or expressed disgust, guest what - you got impaled."
This is totally fake. Only truth here is about his name: Dracul. It literally means the devil. Turks called him this, for us he was Vlad.
And also: no, he didn’t kill the old and sick.
He wouldn’t have enjoyed the good reputation he had. He is as one of the most loved and respected Romanian voievozi (kings).
The vampire myth is a merge of several Romanian myths about: varcolac, vampire and about Vlad. The guy who invented this story read several books about Romanian and combined them, giving the vampire name one famous name he came across in his enemies' stories.
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I mean, why not pay for police only when someone robs you? Does it makes sense?
What I meant for free, is that the government will pay (so you will pay through taxes). Correct. In Europe the average tax is 15%. And the government manages to offer very good services.
Why should anyone be forced to pay for anyone else’s children or health expenses, especially when its not a sudden emergency involving the destitute?
Why you are paying for police? And so many other taxes? Why, basically, you give your money to government?
Why should be health care an exception?
As far as I am concern I pay taxes so I dont have to stress over money if I get sick or if my kids can go to college.
And I accept maybe I'll never be so sick (right! :D) and my money will be "waisted" on other people.
And maybe my children will never want/have the ability to go to college and some poor kids will afford to go. This is civilization for me.