Why the Romans aren't more of a cautionary tale I do not know.
I find the people who think ancient writing is beyond question are often the same people who rail that every single thing on the internet is a lie, as if all people who wrote on papyrus were above it all, but all people who write today are lying liars who lie. Neither is completely true; as with everything, it's not that simple. Its a grey area in between, so that you have to be careful when you judge things true or false and take various external factors into consideration.
Re: "Even babies lie, and the stars don't cry."
I find the people who think ancient writing is beyond question are often the same people who rail that every single thing on the internet is a lie, as if all people who wrote on papyrus were above it all, but all people who write today are lying liars who lie. Neither is completely true; as with everything, it's not that simple. Its a grey area in between, so that you have to be careful when you judge things true or false and take various external factors into consideration.
Are we down to one letter per line, yet?