Michael Medved on Lysistrata

A while back, Michael Medved had an interesting interview with three women who were putting on the play Lysistrata. This play by Aristophanes deals with the Peloponnesian War between Athens and Sparta. The Athens women forced a peace by refusing sex with their husbands. The neo-coms believe that this is a good model to promote peace in the world. [As if evil didn't exist.]

Michael asked the guests whether or not they knew the historic background of the Peloponnesian War and the outcome of this forced peace. None of the three women knew. Only one woman even wanted to know.

Michael pointed out that after this peace, Athens was eventually overrun by the Spartans.

...the Athenians surrendered totally to the Spartans, who tore down the walls of the city, barred them from ever having a navy, and installed their own oligarchic government...

None of the three women believed that this made a difference in their beliefs.