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HopHead H
HopHead Dec 7, 2004 10:50:11
Replying to Littlestone

Crikey, Littlestone, with that sort of attitude you could have a good career with English Heritage. Surely ancient monuments exist within the context of their environment? Otherwise we might as well rip up all the stone circles and re-locate them as centrepieces in shopping malls! The site of the Long Man was obviously chosen carefully. To me the graceful sweep of the escarpment is all part of its magic, best viewed from a distance, and I really don't appreciate this ugly bit of 21st century zeitgeist intruding on such an essentially timeless spectacle!

M Moth
Moth Dec 7, 2004 11:15:48
Replying to HopHead

Hi and welcome HopHead!!

As you can see from the above posts, Littlestone is pretty much on his own in this judgement....

love

Moth

L Littlestone
Littlestone Dec 7, 2004 12:05:44
Replying to HopHead

Couldn't agree with you more HopHead that, "... ancient monuments exist within the context of their environment...". Your headline of 4 December however read 'Long Man vandalized'. With respect, the Long Man has NOT been vandalized, it is the escarpment several hundred metres to the left of the figure that has suffered grafitti.

This isn't about semantics it's about accurate reporting, without which there's the danger of misunderstanding followed by scaremongering followed by claim and counter claim (something you see in the media everyday).

Would you report that Nelson's Column had been vandalized when it was in fact a case of the walls around Trafalgar Square being daubed with grafitti? Those walls also exist within the context of their (architectural) environment.

Littlestone :-)