Comments by "Mat Broomfield" (@matbroomfield) on "Metatron" channel.

  1. I wish you'd explored this subject more deeply. What was it like on the ships. Did they wear armour aboard? Did the ships sink often? Did they have many sea battles? How large was the navy? Who did they fight and how? Also, your hair looks 100 times better short.
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  2. I'd love to buy some of his stuff. He's selling a thing called a "bollock dagger"! I thought that might be because that was where you stabbed people with it, but no, that's what the handle looks like. I'm hoping to find a "tit shield" ;-)
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  3. "I started Kendo because Tuesday." Hmmm. I see the problem. Also screw Japanese martial arrogance and pseudo mysticism.
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  4. I think that you should be cautious of critiicising masters or teachers without fully understanding their methodology. Frankly if a person with limited martial arts experience started criticising me or the the tools of my trade, I'd get pretty uncooperative too.
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  5. So black people existed throughout the Roman empire. Least surprising news ever.
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  6. Fantastic to see you back and looking so much healthier, especially with such an interesting subject!
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  7. That man is SUCH a POS!
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  8. The sponge is indescribably grim.
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  9.  @lukesheridan4623  Lol 100%
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  10. "An optimal area to hold it would be right about here" Where they conveniently put the handle you mean? ;-) Also, isn't a long mace, a maul?
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  11. Yes, Olympic competition has ruined many sports.
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  12. I love the fact that whatever your interest, if you talk passionately about it, you can build a decent following. Congratulations on your success.
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  13.  @Segalmed  Ah yes, ripping on typos always adds to the subject.
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  14.  @alpharius8264  That would be a fascinating video!
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  15. 1. A pleasant personality. 2. Interesting subject matter 3. Hard work 4. Be ad friendly There's no greater secret.
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  16. Isaiah 53:2- “For he grew up before him like a young plant, and like a root out of dry ground; he had no form or majesty that we should look at him, and no beauty that we should desire him.” In other words, short and ugly
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  17.  @texanmarksman7879  If you think multi-culturalism was what ended the Roman empire, you're delusional.
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  18.  @bryanstark1930  No, anyone who promotes a white replacement theory, works with Alex Jones, and panders to bigots is a POS. Plenty of smart and terrific people disagree with me.
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  19. The gada is a far less sophisticated mace - just a hammer in fact.
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  20. Fascinating video thank you, but I have to wonder about one thing - it makes zero logical sense to sling your sword on your right hip where it would be awkward or impossible to withdraw in close formation using your right hand.
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  21. I'm 4 "debunks" in and so far your response has been "Yeah that was true but..." for all of them. And what's with the relativism? At no point did Simon say "Samurai were evil whilst the rest of the world was faultless". I hate to say it, but you just come across as a orientaphile who's butthurt that a member of the culture he admires has been shown in a bad light. Perhaps remove the rose tinted glasses, then try again.
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  22. Fascinating. I agree 100%, it's exceedingly likely that lefties were forced to fight right handed or else occupuied other fighting tasks within an army. Even ignoring the valid point you make about holes in the shield wall, the arc of a leftie's swing would circle in the opposite direction. Even if that arc is small, the last thing you need is two arcs clashing against each other.
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  23. I hate that bastard. He's always making stuff up. Good debunking! ;-)
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  24. Surely the description by Homer of Achilles as blonde haired is as atypical of Romans as a black man? Also, the fact that ONE MAN saw a black soldier as a bad omen says nothng about the frequency of black men in the Roman army. Maybe HE was a racist? Motivation is everything. you see this as SJW box-ticking, but maybe it was just a different take on the myth, no more edgy that a Black and Chinese super hero duo in the wild west, or a blonde Romeo sporting a magnum in Romeao and Juliet.
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  25. I definitely see your annoyance at mislabelling, but maybe these descriptions are not intended for someone with a metallurgical or fabricationist interest?
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  26. hackers are vermin.
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  27. That was fascinating - probably one of the videos of yours I most enjoyed.. Short, information rich, and relevant to ancient history. Also nice production values.
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  28. Utterly.
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  29. Well that was pretentious.
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  30.  @clothar23  Really? They couldn't use grass?
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  31.  @clothar23  I'm sure you could go out and pick it!
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  32. A reasonable video except the black belt comment at the end. This is a typical pseudo mystical claim made by Japanese martial arts to big itself up and increase the duration of student attendance. If you've only mastered the "basics" of an art in the 5-10 years it takes to get a black belt, then the training is woefully deficient. Full contact MMA fighters can have entire careers from start to fininsh in 10 years, and in almost ANY discipline (piano, badminton, wrestling, art, education) 7 years of regular practice is considered to be long enough to attain high competence. The myth of the aged Japanese master, like Kill Bill's Pai Mae is ridiculous. Your body is on the way down by the mid 30s, and even with superb diet and self discipline, you cannot defeat the inevitable consequences of aging. Your knowledge may improve, but your ability to deliver on that decreases with each year, so the idea that you've only mastered that basics by your 30s is crazy. Given the culture of elder worship in the far east, that may also play into this disingenuous claim. Shame about the bespoke shilling. Given your hatred of bullshit and all.
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  33.  @PJDAltamirus0425  lol - I guess if you're gonna die, you should go out happy!
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  34. Sorry to hear that. Get well soon buddy.
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  35. Well that was both a relief but also disappointing. But the virginity test of the tax collectors was still a thing.
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  36. I wonder if it made more sense to train nimbler warriors against knights, rather than going armour to armour?
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  37. Unless he's speaking out of bigotry, in which case he would be better to STFU. Perhaps if Hitler had kept his thoughts to himself, he would never have risen to power. Not saying for one second that Metatron is wrong OR comparing him to Hitler, but simply speaking your mind is not noble if what you are speaking is bullshit.
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