fett on 25/8/2008 at 01:01
Quote Posted by Stitch
I think the point is your basic assumption (1) greatly overestimates how serious America takes myths and (2) greatly underestimates the relationship the rest of the world has with their local myths.
Myths are pretty much a building block of any civilization, and most of these civilizations have reached a point where myths are taken with an affectionate grain of salt.
See Stitch - this is why I keep you around. You've become my interpreter, and usually hit it on the head, while allowing me to continue being a snide, cryptic, smart-ass. It's a perfect union. Have my baby.
demagogue on 25/8/2008 at 20:47
Whatever it is that makes people long for this kind of stuff, I've always liked (
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9_65y53m7M) this song, which sort of captures that spirit perfectly.
Brian The Dog on 26/8/2008 at 09:47
Quote Posted by irving_forbush
Serious question: would you put stories of big cats roaming the British countryside in that category? I've seen shows I'd put in the genre of "Bigfoot Hunters" trying to find evidence of big cats...what's the attitude in the UK on this?
This may actually be partially true - big cats were a novelty pet in London in the 1960s, so the government changed the law to make you need a license to have such unusual pets. Rather than paying up, many big cat owners simply released their animals into the wild. Since you didn't need a license before this law, they have no idea how many of these big cats were released. Of course, how many survived into the modern day in an alien environment is a different point entirely.
