Thus spake David P James ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > On January 13, 2004 14:12, Deryk Barker wrote: > ... > > > > My major beef is the way that they allow the "Druids" (virutually > > nothing is known about the real Druids aside from a paragraph in > > Caesar) to prance about there on midsummer's morning. > > > > Firstly the real Druids did *not* build Stonehenge and secondly the > > rpesent-day druids were founded in the 18th (?) century by John > > Aubrey (he of Brief Lives fame) who surveyed Stonehenge and after > > whom the Aubrey holes are named. > > > > These present day idiots in their KKK-style outfits have no more > > right to special treatment at Stonehenge than does Bugs Bunny. > > Actually rather less. > > > > While I agree they're little more than idiots, referring to their garb > as "KKK-style" is a bit much considering that their outfits probably > pre-date the KKK by a century or two. In fact, it's likely the KKK > copied the "Druids'" outfits.
Indeed. I wasn't imputing anything, rather attempting to use a shorthand that most people would recognise. Mea culpa. -- |Deryk Barker, Computer Science Dept. | Music does not have to be understood| |Camosun College, Victoria, BC, Canada| It has to be listened to. | |email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | |phone: +1 250 370 4452 | Hermann Scherchen. | -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
