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. -- David P James Ottawa, Ontario http://members.rogers.com/dpjames/ There is no art which one government sooner learns of another than that of draining money from the pockets of the people. -Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
