02-17-2004, 07:12 AM
Yep Shaun,<br>
Those mild-mannered, university professors in their tweed jackets and spectacles are often not what we imagine. Just look at the mythical Professor I. Jones. In his university surroundings he seems the respectable archaeologist, but when he dons his fedora and takes up the bullwhip, he is transformed into the world's most notorious site looter, utterly destroying ancient tombs and temples wherever he goes....<br>
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But truth is sometimes stranger than fiction, and once the mild mannered Oxford professor has swilled too many pints (you know where), and donned his horned teutonic helmet he's concocting stories calculated to change our perceptons of real history to give a better light to his civilization-destroying ancestors.<br>
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Yes, it's true, but I have loaned this file, but should have it back tomorrow. But these things are no secret, this is why he is so admired in some circles.<br>
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Yes Frank, they were cool. That's the problem. It is a lot easier to make 'fantasy' much cooler than real history. And in this day when the average person learns everything about history from motion pictures, that is why this nonsense, (however cool and I must admit I thought it was too, except for a few totally asinine things), is so dangerous.<br>
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Dan <p></p><i></i>
Those mild-mannered, university professors in their tweed jackets and spectacles are often not what we imagine. Just look at the mythical Professor I. Jones. In his university surroundings he seems the respectable archaeologist, but when he dons his fedora and takes up the bullwhip, he is transformed into the world's most notorious site looter, utterly destroying ancient tombs and temples wherever he goes....<br>
<br>
But truth is sometimes stranger than fiction, and once the mild mannered Oxford professor has swilled too many pints (you know where), and donned his horned teutonic helmet he's concocting stories calculated to change our perceptons of real history to give a better light to his civilization-destroying ancestors.<br>
<br>
Yes, it's true, but I have loaned this file, but should have it back tomorrow. But these things are no secret, this is why he is so admired in some circles.<br>
<br>
Yes Frank, they were cool. That's the problem. It is a lot easier to make 'fantasy' much cooler than real history. And in this day when the average person learns everything about history from motion pictures, that is why this nonsense, (however cool and I must admit I thought it was too, except for a few totally asinine things), is so dangerous.<br>
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Dan <p></p><i></i>
