Thoughtful Hunters (Neanderthals)

Leiden University ^ | 1-2-2006

[FastCoyote]

"Ye gods, the prose! The prose! Would it not be a good thing to ritually slaughter one or two of the worst-writing academics each year?"

I could not have said it better. Why use a ten word sentence when thirty words are better? Larger words always clarify meaning! Why use common terms when stuffy ones are clearly better?

Perhaps a Neanderthal or two should have been saved to hunt down the miscreant academics whose prose certainly kills.

[Dustbunny]

YEP !!

[porkchops 4 mahound]

Those who really have very little of substance to say, often use vast herds of words in the apparent hope that their verbiage will substitute for substance.

"Modern' academia rewards such pompous bloviation, esp. in the pursuit of PC nirvana.

No wonder leftists are insane, read some of their cr@p sometime, if you can.

BTW, just what the he!! does British Petroleum, (BP) have to do with anything?

;^)

[dsc]

"Neanderthal hunting methods involved hand to hoof combat, and injuries were common."

I read sometime back that the injuries of stone-age hunters, both Neanderthals and Humans, resemble those of rodeo cowboys more than anything else in modern times.

[dsc]

"pompous bloviation"

Extra credit for adding sesquipedalianism to pompous bloviation.

[RightWhale]

Interestingly, such hunting techniques are still in occasional use. A moose hunter leaped onto the back of his prey here a few years ago and beat the beast into submission. It took considerable time, but it was effective since moose are not familiar with this kind of attack: if we still had big cats it might have been a different story. There were witnesses, some of whom still comment on the technique with derision.

[porkchops 4 mahound]

;^)