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Agreed; Dante's "Inferno" and the expressiveness of the Old Testament and Apocrypha in general no doubt have inspired reams of artistic works. I suppose my point was we often don't think of the day-to-day lives of celebrated old artists... and how a church/state commissioned 'Lamentation of Christ' alter piece that is now seen as a masterwork was at one time seen as a safe bet to generate some income, which could fund experimentation with capturing more personal themes and illustration of the natural world.

(I should say "may have been seen as a safe bet to generate some income", as this is my own impression)

>> ^ChaosEngine:

>> Undoubtedly true, but at the same time I think it would be wrong to say that none of the artists involved in creating great works were not genuinely inspired by their faith. I don't just mean the likes of the Sistine Chapel either, but lots of smaller non-commissioned work.
Although you could argue that that is art inspired by faith rather than religion.

Searching religion and cats got me this sad piece of knowledge:

Beginning in the 11th century, tolerance for cats began to decrease in Europe for religious reasons, and “by the 13th century the church viewed witches as real and cats as instruments of the devil” (Lynnlee, p. 20). Dante (1265–1321), for example, mentioned cats only once in his work and compared them to demons. From the 14th century well into the 18th century, cats were regularly killed on specific religious holidays. “By the late 15th century the persecution of cats and witches was a mainstay of European society. . . . The 15th and 16th centuries are almost devoid of any cat literature and art. . . . During this period the cat still was used to control rodents, but it was rarely seen as a pet, for if so its existence and that of its owner were in jeopardy” (Lynnlee, p. 21). Cats became especially associated with heretical religious sects, such as the Waldensians and Manichaeans, and members of these sects were accused of worshiping the Devil in the form of a black cat.

On feast days all over Europe, as a symbolic means of driving out the Devil, they were captured and tortured, tossed onto bonfires, set alight and chased through the streets, impaled on spits and roasted alive, burned at the stake, plunged into boiling water, whipped to death, and hurled from the tops of tall buildings, all in an atmosphere of extreme festive merriment. (Serpell JA, The domestication and history of the cat, in Turner DC and Bateson P, eds, The Domestic Cat, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1988, p. 156).

"At Metz, for example, on “cat Wednesday” during Lent, 13 cats were placed in an iron cage and publicly burned; this ritual took place each year from 1344 to 1777" (Kete K, The Beast in the Boudoir, Berkeley: University of California Press, 1994, p. 119).

(http://www.stanleyresearch.org/dnn/LaboratoryofDevelopmentalNeurovirology/ToxoplasmosisSchizophreniaResearch/IAllaboutCats/tabid/173/Default.aspx)


Great, as if we needed more reasons to hate religion...

Comment hidden because you are ignoring dag. (show it anyway)

Interesting. Don't want to vote for any comments here - lest I instantly be branded anti-capitalist, or a neo-fascist. But, Dante said the hottest seats in hell are reserved for those who don't speak out in a crisis. So, here goes. You're BOTH pseudo-intellectual douche-bags.

Ha ha ha, just kidding. (am I?) Anyway - (wipes tear of mirth from corner of eye) As usual with these things - the middle path is the answer. Thanks.

Opening scene of Dante's Peak relates to this. Man, I loved that movie when it first came out... it's not a fine film by any means, but it's the best damn volcano movie ever made.

>> ^CheshireSmile:
>> ^residue:
I never thought I'd ever see someone defend a commercial so vehemently...

him or me?


sorry, I meant escape. I was actually going to say something along the lines of muting my TV when the commercials are on but I didn't want him to firebomb my house

sorry, I meant escape. I was actually going to say something along the lines of muting my TV when the commercials are on but I didn't want him to firebomb my house

In reply to this comment by CheshireSmile:
>> ^residue:
I never thought I'd ever see someone defend a commercial so vehemently...


him or me?

>> ^residue:
I never thought I'd ever see someone defend a commercial so vehemently...


him or me?

*shrugs*
idk

Anyhow, I see your point. Sorry. Your previous post (the "goddam commercial") gave me the impression that it was the commercial you took issue with.

>> ^CheshireSmile:
ok wtf is up with my attempt to quote?

ok, calm down.

<rebuttal> i know its his job, and i know thats how websites make money. i wasn't commenting on the fact that there was a commercial on the internet. everyone knows people don't like loading time on videos, or should know it at least. if a company wants to put a commercial before a video, they should make it so the video doesn't take a very long time to load. THAT was my problem. i actually think its very convenient to have a commercial while the video is loading. gives me something to watch while i wait for my video. but if i have to wait for THAT video to load as well, there's something inherently wrong. the commercial shouldn't have to freeze every 2 seconds while it loads. thats the sort of thing that makes me not want to watch their commercial and (god forbid) DO SOMETHING ELSE ON THE INTERNET. (sarcasm-mode offOMGDOYOUSEEWHATIDIDTHERE????) that seems like bad advertising to me. </rebuttal>

that is the answer i'm giving you and if you should wish to keep arguing about such a silly topic as someone complaining about commercials on the internet and namecalling you will be promptly ignored

>> ^escape421521:
It's great that Yahtzee can just put videos on the internet and just have them make money without having any sponsors or advertisers. It's even better that his videos can be reposted anywhere on the internet without advertisements, so that way his parent company makes money by having fewer page views.
(SARCASM MODE OFF)
Stop being such a self-entitled prick.
Thank you,
People who actually understand Yahtzee isn't doing this stuff for kicks on youtube anymore, actually does this as a job and makes money. Money that his employers get from their advertisers. Is all of this getting through to you? Maybe you should pirate his stuff, since sitting through a commercial (or god forbid doing something else while it plays) is obviously too much time wasted while you're - what was it? - wasting time on the internet.
To Everyone Else:
Thank You,
Some guy who really didn't mean to write this much and create a TL/DR post, but actually gets really irritated at this shit.
Ad-Supported Content > No content.
Logic: it works.
<div><div style="margin: 10px; overflow: auto; width: 80%; float: left; position: relative;" class="convoPiece"> CheshireSmile said:<img style="margin: 4px 10px 10px; float: left; width: 40px;" src="http://static1.videosift.com/avatars/c/CheshireSmile-s.jpg" onerror="ph(this)"><div style="position: absolute; margin-left: 52px; padding-top: 1px; font-size: 10px;" class="commentarrow">◄</div><div style="padding: 8px; margin-left: 60px; margin-top: 2px; min-height: 30px;" class="nestedComment box">now i gotta wait for the goddam commercial to load while i wait for my video to load??
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>> ^KnivesOut:
Food, wank, self hate, wank, play games, wank, wang again.
Who's been looking at my google calendar?


I'm curious, what is the wang after wanking?

>> ^CheshireSmile:
now i gotta wait for the goddam commercial to load while i wait for my video to load??


It's great that Yahtzee can just put videos on the internet and just have them make money without having any sponsors or advertisers. It's even better that his videos can be reposted anywhere on the internet without advertisements, so that way his parent company makes money by having fewer page views.
(SARCASM MODE OFF)

Stop being such a self-entitled prick.

Thank you,
People who actually understand Yahtzee isn't doing this stuff for kicks on youtube anymore, actually does this as a job and makes money. Money that his employers get from their advertisers. Is all of this getting through to you? Maybe you should pirate his stuff, since sitting through a commercial (or god forbid doing something else while it plays) is obviously too much time wasted while you're - what was it? - wasting time on the internet.

To Everyone Else:

Thank You,
Some guy who really didn't mean to write this much and create a TL/DR post, but actually gets really irritated at this shit.

Ad-Supported Content > No content.

Logic: it works.

Your video, Zero Punctuation: Dante's Inferno, has made it into the Top 15 New Videos listing. Congratulations on your achievement. For your contribution you have been awarded 1 Power Point.

*promote

this is actually viral for the slightly controversial up and coming game Dante's Inferno:

http://kotaku.com/5409583/yes-mass-we-pray-was-more-dantes-inferno-schtick

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