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Heh. I'm old enough to remember the D&D "Satanic panic" and the "video games normalise violence" panic. But as for TMNT "normalising" ninja weapons ...??? I'm confused. What did they expect? The word "ninja" is right there in the title. *shakes head*
I'm sure this sort of thing has always existed. Back in ancient Rome, several conservative writers (e.g. Cicero and Cato the Younger) were like this. Cato the Younger, for instance, warned Romans not to adopt Greek culture, which he saw as a threat to traditional Roman values. Down with this sort of thing" ... careful now!
I wonder if this went even further back in time. Oh no, they're painting nude male figures on vases - in black, even! Zeus would not approve.
We must propitiate him with incense and fragrance! 
Or one of the cavemen in Wiltshire: "What's all this, then? A henge?? What's a henge? Why are you putting them up in stone anyway -- we had a lovely wooden henge once! Yes, it rotted but it was good enough for me!"
Or one of the cavemen in Wiltshire: "What's all this, then? A henge?? What's a henge? Why are you putting them up in stone anyway -- we had a lovely wooden henge once! Yes, it rotted but it was good enough for me!"
Stonehenge is not a henge. A henge is a type of earthwork.
My fence has 32 posts!
You can tell I've entered don't give a shit season by my profligacy in posting during working hours. I expect this season to last for, I don't know, ever?
Ha. I wish. My birthday is next week and I won't ask for anything for Xmas.Don't go getting your ass fired man, you have a server bill to pay
early happy birthday!
Thanks! I'm the consummate Virgo according to people who are in to that.
I think Virgos are supposed to be very practical?
Just checking in with nothing to add to the conversation except happy early birthday, Homer.
Early happy birthday, Homer! Many happy returns.
In other news, I live in a flat, so I have no fence. However, I do have a balcony railing, which has ... *counts* ... 34 posts. So my railing beats Homer's fence by 2.
In other news, I live in a flat, so I have no fence. However, I do have a balcony railing, which has ... *counts* ... 34 posts. So my railing beats Homer's fence by 2.
I'm sorry, I'm confused. I looked up henge on wikipedia, and "a type of earthwork" is one definition of henge, i.e. here: Henge - Wikipedia
But wikipedia also makes it clear that a henge can also be a stone circle, i.e. here: Stone circle - Wikipedia , like the stone circles at Avebury, Castlerigg, and yes, elements of Stonehenge. *shrug*
If Stonehenge is not a henge, why is the site called "Stone henge"? I don't mean to argue or anything, I'm simply confused and curious.
But wikipedia also makes it clear that a henge can also be a stone circle, i.e. here: Stone circle - Wikipedia , like the stone circles at Avebury, Castlerigg, and yes, elements of Stonehenge. *shrug*
If Stonehenge is not a henge, why is the site called "Stone henge"? I don't mean to argue or anything, I'm simply confused and curious.
The key word being "elements". Stonehenge gave its name to henges, despite the whole monument itself not being a henge, not the other way around.
All right. So if the Stonehenge monument is not a henge (only the earthwork), does that mean that the above stone circles (e.g. Avebury, Castlerigg etc.) are also not henges? If so, what would they be ... and why does wiki say that a henge can be a stone circle? *shrug*
Because those particular stone circles have the features that make them henges. The fact that they're stone circles is irrelevant. You could remove the stones and they'd still be henges.
Almost 80 degrees at only 9:30 a.m. High of 100 predicted. South Texas, please come get your damn weather and take it back home.
After a couple of weeks of very warm weather, the temperature here has come down to around 20 C (70 F)
It's like Fall here this week. 70s in the day and 50s at night. AC's down, windows open. Whiskey weather.
And we finally got some rain!
