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<blockquote data-quote="buzz" data-source="post: 666136" data-attributes="member: 6777">Re: Re: Re: Re: Coming in lateSo decorum is pretty much out the window for the rest of this discussion, I see. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f644.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll eyes&nbsp; &nbsp; :rolleyes:"&nbsp; data-smilie="11"data-shortname=":rolleyes:" />I'm very happy for you. Why you think I'm somehow attacking you, I have no idea. I haven't claimed to be an authority on the subject, and I've admitted the source of my opinion (Ms. Stone) may not be considered the most reliable source on the subject. She was simply thought-provoking.All I'm saying is, despite your assertion that you know exactly what life was like back then, it's quite possible that maybe there's room for error. Maybe we don't know exactly what was going on in those temples. Maybe the existing sources on which we base our conception of these ancient practices are biased in some way. It might be sort of like our knowledge of the Celts. So much of what we know comes from people like the Romans, the people who conquered the Celts. Is it possible that they might be coloring their depiction of the people they defeated?I'm just trying to offer another perspective. If you want to tell me my perspective is misguided, show me why. And give me a better reason than, &quot;You're wrong because I'm a Classics major.&quot;And apologies to tleilaxu for getting into a boring semantic argument. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="buzz, post: 666136, member: 6777"] [b]Re: Re: Re: Re: Coming in late[/b] So decorum is pretty much out the window for the rest of this discussion, I see. :rolleyes: I'm very happy for you. Why you think I'm somehow attacking you, I have no idea. I haven't claimed to be an authority on the subject, and I've admitted the source of my opinion (Ms. Stone) may not be considered the most reliable source on the subject. She was simply thought-provoking. All I'm saying is, despite your assertion that you know exactly what life was like back then, it's quite possible that maybe there's room for error. Maybe we don't know [i]exactly[/i] what was going on in those temples. Maybe the existing sources on which we base our conception of these ancient practices are biased in some way. It might be sort of like our knowledge of the Celts. So much of what we know comes from people like the Romans, the people who [i]conquered[/i] the Celts. Is it possible that they might be coloring their depiction of the people they defeated? I'm just trying to offer another perspective. If you want to tell me my perspective is misguided, show me why. And give me a better reason than, "You're wrong because I'm a Classics major." And apologies to tleilaxu for getting into a boring semantic argument. :) [/QUOTE]

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