Stephen Schwarz summarizing Gibbon:
The decline of Rome
Was natural and inevitable.
Instead of inquiring why Rome was destroyed,
We should rather be surprised
That Rome remained so strong
So long.
[Hint to the fools like marc9000: It wasn't because of homosexuality.]
Edited by Rrhain, : Dropped my "not," again.
Rrhain
Thank you for your submission to Science. Your paper was reviewed by a jury of seventh graders so that they could look for balance and to allow them to make up their own minds. We are sorry to say that they found your paper "bogus," specifically describing the section on the laboratory work "boring." We regret that we will be unable to publish your work at this time.
Minds are like parachutes. Just because you've lost yours doesn't mean you can use mine.