Calling it Hell detracts from the pragmatism of bread and circuses -- we are quite happy to compromise logic, ethics, and even our own personal feelings.
Or, more interestingly, artificially creating public approval through diversion, distraction, and the satisfaction of immediate and shallow desires.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bread_and_circuses
Calling it Hell detracts from the pragmatism of bread and circuses -- we are quite happy to compromise logic, ethics, and even our own personal feelings.
Or, more interestingly, artificially creating public approval through diversion, distraction, and the satisfaction of immediate and shallow desires.