History Forum / General / British History / August 2005

What function did the ditch around henges have?
E.g.
1) did it prevent browsing animals from fouling
the "sacred" area?

Brannigan is reduced to posting rank idiocies and red herrings.  See
below.
He sounds like a none-too-bright ninth-grade debater.
Intellectual And Moral Bankrupty....

A small but strategically important country has a Ruler who is a placeman
and has the approval of the Major World Power.  So long as the Ruler is
useful to the Major World Power, things are just fine.
Then, the Ruler begins to show signs of independence and refusal to toe the

I have just returned from a terrific trip to Egypt. While there (as the only
guy amongst 8 women) I took a side trip alone to El Alamein. The museum is
pretty good though my guide for the day was woeful, after I counted three
errors of fact in what he was saying I stopped listening. ...

Western aggression fuels fanaticism
http://www.itszone.co.uk/zone0/viewtopic.php?t=38903
http://nomorewarforisrael.blogspot.com

Vanessa, it just doesn't get any better than this!
Pogues On The Run.
Brit men have been wussified.
No surprises there.

1851 Exiles by Angus Macleod
Since the release of my CD, "The Silent Ones, A Legacy of the Highland
Clearances", I have been asked frequently to write a book on the Isle of
Lewis Settlement of Huron Township. I am pleased to announce that a limited

Now she is suppressing photographs she previously had up on her web
page?
How many people here think this woman, who allegedly cannot even hold
onto a job or a husband, put this organization -- "Gold Star Families

Spalpeen Cook has crept off into the tall grass with his tail between
his legs -- licking his bleeding wounds.
Yes, that's Pogue Cook's standard reaction in situations like this,
which he has faced many times before, wherein his arse has been sliced,

Are there any examples from today that show that we do
learn from what we regard as the lessons of history?
For example, we are aware of the rise of Fascism in Germany
and other European countries, and the consequences.

See
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4673987.stm

WI the National Front Party became the largest political party in Great
Britain?

"Ian Morrison" <iomorrison@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
news:QJuMe.12616$0u2.401@fe2.news.blueyonder.co.uk...

Why isn't Tony Blair referring to the terrorists as "Islamic" ?
Al-Qaeda is an Islamic organization. Right? They murder people in the name
of Allah. They call their attacks a "jihad." Etc. Etc.
I could understand Mr. Blair's reluctance to refer to the attackers as