Re: Kensington runestone in the Scandinavian press

On Thu, 09 Jun 2005 23:18:47 -0500, Tom McDonald
<tmcdonald2672@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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>>>>>How far can you walk with the KRS?
>>>>
>>>>How much time have I got?
>>>>
>>>
>>>1 day
>>>
>>
>>
>> Fifty years ago, when I was young and fit, with a proper harness and
>> good country I might have made ten miles.
>>
>> If I was a group of several people with carrying poles and sling, it
>> might be possible to make 20 miles by taking turns. After all, Roman
>> armies did that and better.
>>
>> However, there is no evidence that anyone had to work to their limit
>> to transport the KRS.
>
> I'm pretty sure 37 angels can dance on the head of a pin. Three
>is a holy number; twelve is the number of apostles (and, this is
>less well-known, the number of commandments before that fumblebum
>dropped the one with 'Thou shalt be tolerant of those different
>from you' and 'Thou shalt not raise women above men, or men above
>women; but thou shalt honor thy husband, thy wife, thy lover and
>thy neighbors of both genders and all orientations. Thou shalt
>not bow down to each other; but thou shalt always see Me in the
>Other'); and one is the number of bangs that God used to create
>*this* universe.
>
> There is also no evidence that aliens in black helicopters
>shifted the rock. There is also no evidence that Shaolin monks
>walked through the wilderness to find a stone that they could
>bear hither and yon as a discipline of mind, body and spirit.


Tom, you have been standing too close to Philip.


There is NO evidence that the KRS was carved where it was found by
Ohman.

There is NO evidence at all as to where the KRS was carved.

There is NO evidence as to how long it took for the stone to get from
where ever it was carved to Ohman's farm.

That it was carved where it was found and that this was 14 days from
the sea is the first conclusion to which everyone has jumped and now
seem to be defending intransigently. Yet this idea does not stand up
to examination.

> I've just realized that one lure of the KRS is that one can use
>one's imagination to work on the known facts a work of invention
>that is pleasant to one's mind.

The fact that it was carved where it was found and that this was 14
days from the sea is also a product of someone's imaginatoin and
should be disposed of as being an inarguable truth. It has no more
merit than most of the other ideas (with the possible exception of
little green men in black helicopters :-)
>
> Nothing to see here; it's just me having my fun with the KRS.
>Please, carry on with what blows *your* skirts up.
>
I'm just getting a little P'd off with PD who seems to regard this as
something more serious than just a little trolling. I wouldn't mind if
he had any regard at all for sticking to the facts and the use of
logic.



Eric Stevens

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