{"id":10643,"date":"2019-06-20T17:23:21","date_gmt":"2019-06-20T23:23:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=10643"},"modified":"2019-06-20T17:32:51","modified_gmt":"2019-06-20T23:32:51","slug":"on-the-dock-pontifex-weve-always-been-d-et-d","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=10643","title":{"rendered":"On the Dock, Pontifex, We’ve Always Been “D et D”"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"A study of ancient Roman dockworkers’ bones showed changes in their diet over time as the wealth of Rome declined:<\/a><\/p>\n

When times were good, the dockworkers of Portus, the maritime port of Imperial Rome, enjoyed a surprisingly diversified diet. But new analysis of ancient animal and human remains — detailed in the journal Antiquity<\/a> this week — suggests the diets of the city’s working class shifted as Rome fell into decline.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

True, I am sure. But the article does not mention the fact that dockworkers historically skimmed off cargo, so I suspect that when “the dockworkers of Portus ate diversified diets featuring animal proteins, imported wheat, olive oil, fish sauce and wine from North Africa,” they were helping themselves to cargo.((The invention of the “Conex box<\/a>” and subsequent larger shipping containers certainly reduced casual theft of cargo, but no system is perfect.))<\/p>\n

As the union dockworker says in the classic movie On the Waterfront <\/em>(1954)<\/a>, “One thing you’ve got to understand, Father, on the dock we’ve always been ‘D and D.'”<\/p>\n

“What’s that?” asks the activist Catholic priest.<\/p>\n

“Deaf and dumb.”<\/p>\n

Watch the trailer. Then if you have not seen it, find On The Waterfront.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/On-the-Waterfront-1954-IMDb.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n

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