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<blockquote data-quote="Matthew_" data-source="post: 5208730" data-attributes="member: 54195">Yes, indeed, exactly this. We very often only see what we want to see,&nbsp; and only hear what we want to hear. Despite being reasonably well&nbsp; informed on the subject of medieval and ancient arms and armour, I find&nbsp; myself easily lapsing into inaccuracies and generalisations once I get&nbsp; some distance between myself and a specific area of investigation.&nbsp; Indeed, part of the appeal of some &quot;revisionist&quot; areas of history is&nbsp; that it tends to accord more strongly with my youthful preconceptions&nbsp; than the Monty Python-esque portrayals of the recent past, depictions&nbsp; that I feel arose partly in opposition to the glorification of brutality&nbsp; and violence. &nbsp;Ha! Turns out the comment I made in the Giant in the Playground thread would have been more appropriate here, given the preceding discussion...&quot;Next the guy has to build a 1:6 scale crossbow and shoot him with it!&quot;<img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/laugh.png"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":lol:" title="Laughing&nbsp; &nbsp; :lol:" data-shortname=":lol:" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Matthew_, post: 5208730, member: 54195"] Yes, indeed, exactly this. We very often only see what we want to see, and only hear what we want to hear. Despite being reasonably well informed on the subject of medieval and ancient arms and armour, I find myself easily lapsing into inaccuracies and generalisations once I get some distance between myself and a specific area of investigation. Indeed, part of the appeal of some "revisionist" areas of history is that it tends to accord more strongly with my youthful preconceptions than the Monty Python-esque portrayals of the recent past, depictions that I feel arose partly in opposition to the glorification of brutality and violence. Ha! Turns out the comment I made in the [I]Giant in the Playground[/I] thread would have been more appropriate here, given the preceding discussion... "Next the guy has to build a 1:6 scale crossbow and shoot him with it!" :lol: [/QUOTE]

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