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From: riddle@ut-sally.UUCP (Prentiss Riddle)
Newsgroups: net.religion,net.nlang.celts,net.sci,net.origins
Subject: Idol bashing ("Re: Stonehenge Explained")
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Date: Sun, 8-Jul-84 14:55:12 EDT
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Posted: Sun Jul  8 14:55:12 1984
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>> In Victorian times one very popular way to spend a weekend was to get out
>> the mallet and destroy one of those Pagan structures [i.e., a Druid monument
>> like Stonehenge].

From what I've heard, the practice hasn't stopped, although major Celtic
archeological sites may no longer be the target.  I wish I had the specifics
handy, but I recall reading that a well-known evangelist recently made a trip
to Texas to help a millionaire friend destroy a priceless private collection
of non-Western art, chiefly East Indian sculpture if I recall correctly.

--- Prentiss Riddle ("Aprendiz de todo, maestro de nada.")
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