Middle Ages

The lawyer on Swiss TV said that publishing the names of companies that broke hiring laws would be a step back to the Middle Ages. I saw the documentary on King Arthur and Lancelot produced by Monty Python, and I can assure you I don’t want to go back to the Middle Ages.

But that period is looking pretty good compared to the Roman period some are stuck in now. A Parisian friend reminisced about his frequent trips with his boys to see PSG play football (soccer) at the city’s stadium. Impossible now. Too dangerous. Even with over 2,500 policemen at the French Cup final on Saturday when PSG meets Marseilles.

The World Cup starts on June 9 in Munich. For the month-long event, Germany is importing 40,000 migrant workers. Prostitutes, that is. It seems that the local girls won’t be able to appease the appetites of dedicated sports fans.

In general, the press does not call the violence and lust “barbaric” or “uncivilized”. They are rather sad realities we moderns must learn to deal with, giving weight to the argument that we can resemble the Romans but should never adopt the morals of those poor souls from the Middle Ages.