Re: Kensington runestone in the Scandinavian press

On Fri, 10 Jun 2005 00:40:48 -0500, Tom McDonald
<tmcdonald2672@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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>> 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.
>
> Bales of things about the KRS do not stand up to examination.
>Stacks of other things are possible as answers to questions
>raised by the damned thing. It's a perfect modern analog to the
>'angels dancing on the head of a pin' navel-gazing of an earlier,
>simpler time. That's what makes it fun; and that's what makes it
>so addictive to some folks. It isn't, in any case, very important
>whether it is genuine or a joke.

That's one area where you and I differ. *IF* the norse had a
significant presence in NA for even a relatively short time, it is
disingenuous that they had no significant effect. Clearly the presence
of people like the norse for one or more centuries must have had an
affect and what we no regard as the status quo is the affected
history. For my patr, I'm interested in discovering what, if any,
presence the norse had in NA.
>
>>
>>
>>> 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 :-)
>
> Sorry, no; *my* aliens were Aztecs. It's Phil that's got the
>insane idea that they were little and green. Mine were
>middling-tall, occasionally bearded, armed with obsidian swords
>and wore feathers. Not green at all. Well, some of the obsidian,
>in the right light; and of course some of the more iridescent
>feathers.

I'll consider that idea. All you need is some evidence, no matter how
tenuous. But they have to have runes. They are no good for the KRS if
they don't have runes.
>
>>
>>> 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.
>
> Where'd the fun be in that? No side comes to the combat with
>all-unspotted men. Every man's duty is the King's; but every
>man's soul is his own. Where that leaves Inger, I'm not sure. :-)

In the other hemisphere from PD - I hope. :-)



Eric Stevens

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