Lets rebuild the Colloseum?

[No_Remainders]

How about we spell it right, first?

... Damn you, ninja!

That was literally my first thought when I saw the title of the thread.

OT: Yeah, learn to spell it, and even then, no.

 

[Veldel]

I aprove of this topic and would love for it to happen but only put in rapests, Child Molesters, and murders in.

 

[Baradiel]

Spoiler

Sure, lets put some Christians (preferably the WBC) in there with some lions...[footnote]Moderator Edit: Please do not troll other users based on religion. Thanks![/footnote]

 

[Woodsey]

You're either deranged, or possess an exceptionally dry wit.

 

[Wintermoot]

Because prisoners != professional athletes who trained daily.

Seriously, two average murderers fighting to death (not as common in the Coliseum as you'd think) would be an extremely boring spectacle. Also what if they escape? Or if they rebel? Wow, now you have an army of trained, armed and organised criminals! I bet that prison is looking cheap compared to the swathe of rape and murder that will ensue!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gladiator

we could place gaurds near the ring
OT; good idea! I,d say do it! but allot of people would be against it in the beginning

 

[Redlin5_v1legacy]

Oh yes, let's go down the same path the Romans did. See where it got them?

...

>_>

[sub]Never.... I would never condone it....[/sub]

 

[RamirezDoEverything]

People would pay to watch people fight to the death, I can guarantee that. I would pay to see that, it's entertaining, and the men set to fight would be deserving of death in the first place, so let's see what we can do with this!

 

[oooooooooooooooooooooooooo]

That's why I said slightly. You are still gaining enjoyment out of the perceived suffering and conflict to the death of living human beings. Whether or not the danger is real is partly irrelevant.

Its not at all irrelevant, these things are fictional, and you are fully aware they are fictional. There is a massive difference between fiction and reality. Enjoying watching somebody actually loose their life is hugely different from enjoying watching a fictional/fake portrayal of somebody loosing their life in that you know no one is actually suffering and dying. To gain entertainment out of the real suffering and death of others is just barbaric

OT: I really hope this just some bad joke, I would like to think that humanity is past finding real barbarism entertaining.

 

[Quaxar]

And I thought this was supposed to be a community Minecraft project!

I'm disgusted. Why do you want to ruin a historical building if you can accomplish the same thing in a new and air-conditioned arena.

 

[KEM10]

We definately need The Running Man to come to life. Just without the cheesy accents and bad one liners, although that will be hard to avoid if Hollywood is involved. But forget the colloseum, an old pile of rocks. Need a larger more modern specticle of an event. Lots of different camera angles. And sponsors as far as the eye can see. Will the Energizer Bunny (Could be some wild sort of battlebot) take down the triple murderer? If they can make it all the way through they are free to go. But we'll make sure thats pretty much impossible.

You just mixed Running Man with the rehabilitation from Idiocracy. I don't know if I should hug or slap you.

 

[maddawg IAJI]

Because Italy doesn't have a death sentence? Because having prisoners fight to the death would be like a cheesy action movie like Death Race or something? Because it would probably cost more money to repair the Colosseum? Because Italy already has a negative birth rate? Because the building is a national landmark (Seriously, when people think of Rome, they think of the Colosseum) of one of the greatest civilizations to inhabit the Earth?

Plus, it ends up costing a lot of money to execute Prisoners. They ended up appealing their sentence over and over again and the government has to pay the legal fees. The price for incarceration doesn't come from the jail, it comes from the court cases.

 

[XShrike]

Just because someone is found guilty doesn't mean they actually did the crime and just because someone is found not guilty doesn't mean they didn't do the crime.

 

[Jedamethis]

No. Not serious fights anyway, I think it would be awesome if we rebuilt it and put on shows of combat, but I will not pat to watch people murdered by another person (Who has proven that they are good at killing people) who then goes free.

 

[Duffeknol]

You have to go to war with the Catholic Church in order to get this done properly. The building looks like crap nowadays because all the marble was actually stolen to be used on churches. If you want it back to its original state, you gotta wreck some churches.


...of course you could get new marble but that's lame.

 

[Blind Sight]

Hell no, if you're going to build Thunderdome I expect it to be in Australia. Mel Gibson should be the starting act.

 

[Daggedawg]

There is a massive difference between fiction and reality. Enjoying watching somebody actually loose their life is hugely different from enjoying watching a fictional/fake portrayal of somebody loosing their life in that you know no one is actually suffering and dying. To gain entertainment out of the real suffering and death of others is just barbaric

Take a look at the news. What do you see? Chances are, you'll see real reports on human suffering, death, war and destruction. And many people love to watch that. They love to see others suffer, to make themselves feel better.

OT: Nah, forcing criminals to work for the good of society sounds better to me.

 

[Ironic Pirate]

Not many people would watch.

Are you kidding? It might not be as popular as MMA or something where no one dies, but it'd still be successful.

Look at how popular videos of fatal accidents are on Youtube. Now remove a lot of the guilt by having the participants all be murderers and child molesters, and all willing. It'd be popular.

 

[theriddlen]

Rebuilding Colosseum, yes.

Fights, no. It was not arena made just for killing people, as movies tell you.
It was mostly used for other things, like theater, or even simulated sea battles (filling Colosseum with water these times surely required tons of work and money).