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Posted by: Ben Higgins Dec 20 2012, 12:27 PM
If you could go back and live in any age of history, when would you like to go back to ?
I could be tempted by any age when hair was long, swords were plenty and hills were home ! But I think I'd really feel at home in the Viking Age.. the beautiful countries of their origin, the seafaring and the overall simple lifestyle. 
Posted by: Bossie Dec 20 2012, 12:37 PM
Dark medieval times...but just for a day probably!
Posted by: Cosmin Lupu Dec 20 2012, 12:38 PM
Mate, it's all romanticized you know... We think of it as a great thing but in reality, those times were times when a man's life was worth less than a penny and slaughter was a common thing unfortunately...
I think that I would've enjoyed living in feudal Japan, up to a certain point and in the viking times up to a certain point - the big question is? Are you ready to kill if needed? Because in those times, it would be needed for certain.
Posted by: PosterBoy Dec 20 2012, 12:42 PM
18th Oct 2012
I had a really nice meal out that night
Posted by: Ben Higgins Dec 20 2012, 12:43 PM
I think that I would've enjoyed living in feudal Japan, up to a certain point and in the viking times up to a certain point - the big question is? Are you ready to kill if needed? Because in those times, it would be needed for certain.
Yes you are right and that was one of my considerations.
Not to mention there was more disease, lower life expectancy and nearly constant war.
I am definitely looking at it in a romanticized way. Maybe a better question would be 'What time would you like to go back and see / experience ?'
Posted by: Slavenko Erazer Dec 20 2012, 12:50 PM
I'll be back in the beginning of 80's when METAL RULED THE WORLD!!!
Posted by: SpaseMoonkey Dec 20 2012, 12:50 PM
Not to mention there was more disease, lower life expectancy and nearly constant war.
I am definitely looking at it in a romanticized way. Maybe a better question would be 'What time would you like to go back and see / experience ?'
Man I grew up watching anime like Kenshin, I'd love to go back to feudal japan, just to see the tiny villages and how peaceful people were. As they all work together as a community to keep everyone together. But then also to try some city food! Mmmmm sushi and steamed rice.
Posted by: Ben Higgins Dec 20 2012, 12:59 PM
Did you guys know that the Samurai actually cultivated.. errr...intimate relationships with young men (well, boys..) to indoctrinate and introduce the younger men into Samurai life ? Women were only regarded for child bearing and household duties. This wasn't just a few, this was actually commonly practised, apparently right up to the Edo period.
I think I prefer the romanticized version too !!
Posted by: PosterBoy Dec 20 2012, 01:14 PM
Ben have you read Cloud Of The Sparrow and Autumn Bridge by Takashi Matsuoka?
Posted by: SpaseMoonkey Dec 20 2012, 01:22 PM
I think I prefer the romanticized version too !!
There is romance there also! You know what they say with great power, comes responsibility!
Posted by: Cosmin Lupu Dec 20 2012, 01:57 PM
I think I prefer the romanticized version too !!
There are written papers confirming this - Sensei told us about the surprise he got, by reading some
Posted by: Sensible Jones Dec 20 2012, 02:16 PM
I'd gop live on the plains of North America before the Europeans arrived!!
I had a really nice meal out that night
Posted by: Gabriel Leopardi Dec 20 2012, 02:24 PM
80's???
Posted by: Dieterle Dec 20 2012, 02:25 PM
i like this stuff and times around Merlin so why not Avalon and the roots to good old --today called-- Europe .
Atlantis maybe too
and yes @Sensible Jones I'd gop live on the plains of North America before the Europeans arrived!! -- thats good too for me
thats cool 80`s for me with full and long hair
and without money 
Posted by: llibach Dec 20 2012, 02:37 PM
I'd go back to December 1282 when Llywelyn, Wales last prince was killed and tell him "don't go out of the castle tonight mate, something bad's gonna happen". If you want to know the full story there's a book about it by Sharon Penman called The Reckoning, I think there's also a band about with the same name
Posted by: K1R Dec 20 2012, 02:46 PM
Oh, I would like to go to 30s - 40s Chicago! You know mafia, gangsters, great classical outfit and cars and jazz, lots of jazz.. 
Posted by: Ben Higgins Dec 20 2012, 03:26 PM
I haven't, no
Do they talk about the Samurai man-love ?
One of the biggest travesties of history. I was watching a program and a guy of American Indian descent said about the people taking their land and killing etc.. 'There was loads of land.. all they had to do was ask !'
That says it all
Posted by: PosterBoy Dec 20 2012, 03:53 PM
No man love, I'm sorry
Cloud of Sparrows
Warrior clans nursing ancient grudges. Western missionaries brandishing pistols. Beautiful geishas who are deadly ninjas.
1861 - after two centuries of isolation Japan has been forced to open its doors. Now new influences are tearing apart the old order. Japan is as unprepared for outsiders as missionaries are for samurai assassins, executions and honour killings. Genji's life is at risk. He plans his escape to the Cloud of Sparrows but the road is long and there are many places along the way for brutal samurai to attack -The demons of the past, the treachery of the present, an uncertain future are about to collide in the most terrifying ways.
Autumn Bridge
The year is 1311, in the highest tower of Cloud of Sparrows Castle, a beautiful woman watches from the window as the city is set alight and a mob runs riot destroying everything they can lay their hands on. She begins to write down the events unfolding around her and the secret history of the Okumichi Clan. Six centuries later the lost scrolls fall into the hands of American missionary Emily Gibson, a new arrival at Edo Harbour and racing from her tragic past. Emily quickly finds herself translating the text, caught up in the gripping tale of ancestry, heroism and forbidden love. At the same time Emily is desperately traying to unravel the complexities in her own life as two men fight for her love. As Emily sifts through the fragile scrolls, she begins to see threads of her own life woven into the ancient writings. As past and present collide, a hidden history comes to life, and with it a secret prophecy that has been shrouded for centuries and may now finally be revealed.
Posted by: mroberts70 Dec 20 2012, 04:54 PM
I think I prefer the romanticized version too !!
Apparently this is the romanticized version? Sword fighting indeed!
Posted by: Gitarrero Dec 20 2012, 05:03 PM
I'd go back to the 60's / 70's and go to the concerts of all these awesome rock bands that were around that time
And I'd probably start my own band and be one of the pioneers of punk
Posted by: Bossie Dec 20 2012, 05:22 PM
we found some ancient roman coins last year, it would be nice if i could go back and return them..can't believe they were so slobby with money
Posted by: mroberts70 Dec 20 2012, 05:33 PM
Me too!! Cept I'd take my better effects processor with me, the one I had sucked! However my Holy Grail Baretta would be cool to have back... Oh, and I wouldn't have stopped playing and had that huge time span inbetween
I can see you stopping off in the 80's, grabbing a cool 80's axe, a Marshall Stack and a power generator then heading back to the midevil times and playing theme music during those epic sword and catapult battles.
Posted by: Sensible Jones Dec 20 2012, 06:45 PM
That says it all
It certainly does!
Posted by: Ben Higgins Dec 21 2012, 09:32 AM
Cloud of Sparrows
Warrior clans nursing ancient grudges. Western missionaries brandishing pistols. Beautiful geishas who are deadly ninjas.
1861 - after two centuries of isolation Japan has been forced to open its doors. Now new influences are tearing apart the old order. Japan is as unprepared for outsiders as missionaries are for samurai assassins, executions and honour killings. Genji's life is at risk. He plans his escape to the Cloud of Sparrows but the road is long and there are many places along the way for brutal samurai to attack -The demons of the past, the treachery of the present, an uncertain future are about to collide in the most terrifying ways.
Autumn Bridge
The year is 1311, in the highest tower of Cloud of Sparrows Castle, a beautiful woman watches from the window as the city is set alight and a mob runs riot destroying everything they can lay their hands on. She begins to write down the events unfolding around her and the secret history of the Okumichi Clan. Six centuries later the lost scrolls fall into the hands of American missionary Emily Gibson, a new arrival at Edo Harbour and racing from her tragic past. Emily quickly finds herself translating the text, caught up in the gripping tale of ancestry, heroism and forbidden love. At the same time Emily is desperately traying to unravel the complexities in her own life as two men fight for her love. As Emily sifts through the fragile scrolls, she begins to see threads of her own life woven into the ancient writings. As past and present collide, a hidden history comes to life, and with it a secret prophecy that has been shrouded for centuries and may now finally be revealed.
I don't normally read historical fiction but I have to say they do sound good, especially the first
Yeah, no wonder their empire crumbled !!
Posted by: Cosmin Lupu Dec 21 2012, 04:31 PM
Well, as I might've mentioned, hopefully enough, next year I will be traveling to Japan and visiting some scared spots such as Miyamoto Musashi and Tsukahara Bokuden's graves for starters... So, I will be experiencing the real deal in what regards the history of this amazing country... But FIRST! Let's get there
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