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This page is clearly plagiarized. Whats with the last sentence "compare the imagery with ..."? sounds ripped from a textbook. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.68.36.8 (talk) 03:57, 21 September 2007 (UTC)


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[edit] Directory?

I made Sword of Damocles redirect here. That clearly shouldn't be a disambugiation page for things that are named after the original. However, in time there should be a separate article for that. savidan(talk) (e@) 04:36, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

Dictionary thinking: alphabetical entries for each sub-element. Encyclopedic thinking: synthesis of all closely related elements, set in context. Wikipedia is encyclopedic. --Wetman 23:16, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Simpson's Reference?

Is there some rule on Wikipedia that compels every single article to have a reference to The Simpsons, no matter how insignificant and obscure?I elliot 06:06, 7 October 2006 (UTC)

ROTFL. Kudos dude. --Plumbago 07:56, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Rocky Horror Picture Show reference

It should be noted that the sword of Damocles is "referred to" in The Rocky Horror Picture Show in the song sung by Rocky immediately after his animation in Dr. Frank-N-Furter's lab. (I say, "referred to," because Rocky's song is actually titled, "Sword of Damocles", making it somewhat more than a mere "reference.")

[edit] Too much trivia

Removed the insane amounts of trivia on this article, se Wikipedia:Trivia. Left the Kennedy quote, but created a new paragraph for it. -Kristod (talk) 22:04, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

But perhaps it would be worth mentioning that the sword of Damocles was mentioned in an episode of The Simpsons. I couldn't tell you the title of it or the plot of it, though. I just remember Mr. Burns saying something about keeping your enemies real close and dangling a little sword over a teddy bear. Anton Mravcek 23:35, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
Actually, if I remember, the Trivia advice says not to remove the trivia, but rather add the Trivia Template, and try and incorporate the trivia into the rest of the article. If not all of the trivia has been re-incorporated, please can you take it upon yourself to either add the remaining trivia into a trivia section with the template, or try and incorporate it into the rest of the text. Thank you.
Bistromaths 14:56, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] "Greeking"

Very cute to have Damocles and Sword of Damocles in Greek. But since the source, Cicero, is Latin isn't this naively pretentious?--Wetman 15:34, 8 January 2007 (UTC)


[edit] South Africa supreme court

I'm removing this unless somebody objects. I'm sure the sword is mentioned in a lot of court cases "In Robertson v Swincer (1989) 52 SASR 356, a South Australian Supreme Court case, Justice Legoe used the metaphor 'sword of Damocles' to describe the effect of the imposition of the tort of negligence in relation to the duty of care of a parent to their child." --AW 15:05, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] SPECIAL AIR SERVICES REGIMENT

It is a matter of record that the famous 'Winged Dagger' badge is in fact a representation of the sword of Damocles - intended to be symbolic of the the Unit's association with dire threats- but when this was inserted, it was promptly removed. does anyone have any objections to this current use of the symbol ? STEALTH RANGER 07:31, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

I do. Just because something is true doesn't mean that it is relevant. The sword of Damocles is a very common cultural metaphor, and listing all the times that it is merely used is impractical and uninformative. Information must be more than true, it must also be relevant. A bare-mention bit of trivia isn't relevant. --Eyrian 09:53, 9 July 2007 (UTC)
Hi STEALTH RANGER. If you look at previous versions of this article you'll find a very large section on cultural references to the Sword of Damocles. As judging which should be here/which should be removed is rather subjective, it's better to remove the entire section on cultural references. However, that doesn't stop one from adding text to the article on the topic that references the Sword of Damocles. That's a far more pertinent place to add it. I hope that clarifies. See also WP:TRIVIA. Cheers, --Plumbago 09:58, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Story as told by wikiepdia

The tale seems overly complex and hard to understand. It has awkward squinting phrases and constructs, mentions names without introduction and goes into excessive detail on stupid stuff. Can anyone rewrite this part so everyone can comprehend it? Actually, this whole article could probably use a complete rewrite. EvanCarroll (talk) 17:26, 26 January 2008 (UTC)