flex (abs) and die and not return for @SPARTAN[1..300]
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@sparta = ('soldiers') x 300;
die for @sparta;
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Updated: fixed per shmem's comment below..man now i'm getting my grammar corrected in perl, thats just harsh! ;)

That should be

@sparta = ('soldier') x 300; # original was: @sparta = 'soldiers' x 30
+0;
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since you don't want to string them together to die all from one blow - although the enemy would surely be scared seeing that monster soldier sparta hydra with 600 feet, as many shields and spears, and 300 heads... :)

(update: and, btw, the original OP spared one spartan to report the desaster)

update - and, I like it. It's so.. - well, spartan, i.e. laconic, i.e. succinct :-)

--shmem

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I think the 300 are idolized today, as part of the current trend to encourage military fanatics... i.e. brainwashing the masses.

Well since the comic is quite a bit older than the movie that was made fromit i wouldn't really call it a current trend. Apart from that every civilization has their dark side.

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"WHAT CAN THE HARVEST HOPE FOR IF NOT THE CARE OF THE REAPER MAN"
-- Terry Pratchett, "Reaper Man"

The Spartans had a very deep dark side. The one segment from the History Channel show on this, was a description of a "Spartan's child-play incident". Some boys were playing some kid game, and the loser was so enraged by losing, he killed the winner with his bare hands. The mother of the killer-boy, was so proud and patted her son on the head saying... "you'll be a good Spartan, I'm proud of you". No punishment.

Can you imagine what Little League games would be like if we adopted that attitude?

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I'm not really a human, but I play one on earth. Cogito ergo sum a bum

if ( $movie eq 'beginning' ) {
  @sparta = ('soldier') x 300; 
}

if ( $movie eq 'climax' ) {
  @sparta = ('soldier') x 10000; 
}
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