>>83778256>the vets want anime to be an industry, not Vegas supported by hoes and casinosI’ll counter that sentiment with an ancient quote
>Pecunia non olet“Money doesn’t stink” would be the direct translation but I prefer
>MONEY HOLDS NO SMELL OR STENCHThe origin for that quote is simple: Romans figured out uses for ammonia and one of the major sources of easy to extract it back in those days was
>human urine Now, with the availability of public urinals people operating them were making more money selling the urine for industrial purposes and the state, as always, wanted their cut so Emperor Nero put a tax on it so he could spend on stronger lions to eat Christians more efficiently and entertainingly
This tax was later repealed
>WTF? Does that even happenbut soon enough Emperor Vespasian, feeling for the high cost of wine, hookers and Roman blow, brought the tax back.
It’s reported that his son (and future emperor) Titus
>and here is where the story connects complained about the disgusting nature of the tax.
His father then held up a gold coin and asked whether he felt offended by its smell
>sciscitans num odore offendereturWhen Titus said "No", Vespasian replied, "Yet it comes from urine"
>Atqui ex lotio estOnly a profound retard would care about where the money that funds their hobby comes from as long as it is a legal activity.
Only a double nigger would care about it when it comes from two activities that are as harmless as a good drink or a night at the whorehouse.
Of course puritans on the religious side will decry it for this or that reason, neo puritans on the “trust science / it’s the role of government to protect people from themselves” side will decry for this or that other reason but, in reality, money holds no smell or stench.
