I stumbled across this MA thesis (https://scholarworks.umt.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=12641&context=etd) while looking for something else. It may be of interest to those who are interested in steppe nomad warfare.
Building an empire one steppe at a time...
stepped in culture.....
A nomad queen was known as a Miss Steppe. For some reason there weren't very many of them. ???
(sorry, I promise that's the last one)
Quote from: Justin Swanton on Feb 28, 2021, 10:04 PM
A nomad queen was known as a Miss Steppe. For some reason there weren't very many of them. ???
(sorry, I promise that's the last one)
otherwise one of us will grass you up
I know how Harry (or Haz as his missus calls him) feels. The need to steppe back from providing reading suggestions for my mental health sake ???
it's only horse play....
Quote from: Holly on Mar 01, 2021, 10:56 AM
it's only horse play....
Kind of like group therapy. Nomad is an island, after all...
(urk! forgot!)
especially if saddled with expectations
I think we need to bridle ourselves before someone really gets the bit between the teeth.
jumping to conclusions is another
Somebody muzzle him!
rein it in...
I do feel its time as a moderator to steppe in and say to stop flogging a dead horse.
;D
that'll just spur us on more
Quote from: Erpingham on Mar 01, 2021, 01:37 PM
I do feel its time as a moderator to steppe in and say to stop flogging a dead horse.
Now that people have got the bit between their teeth, it will be hard to rein them in.
Quote from: Erpingham on Mar 01, 2021, 01:37 PM
I do feel its time as a moderator to steppe in and say to stop flogging a dead horse.
So long as we're being neighbourly...
in the mane, yes
As it behooves us to be...
we are almost in the homestraight
Quote from: Erpingham on Mar 01, 2021, 01:37 PM
I do feel its time as a moderator to steppe in and say to stop flogging a dead horse.
Attached is some good advice for those who find themselves in Anthony's position.
;)
;D
Quote from: NickHarbud on Mar 03, 2021, 09:41 AM
Quote from: Erpingham on Mar 01, 2021, 01:37 PM
I do feel its time as a moderator to steppe in and say to stop flogging a dead horse.
Attached is some good advice for those who find themselves in Anthony's position.
;)
15. Declaring a horse to be dead is bigotry, since "life" and "death" are outmoded concepts of a narrow-minded mediaeval and patriarchal society, denying the individual the freedom to choose any number of states between "life" and "death" and identify with the one he/she/zie/ey/per/ve/xe/they feel comfortable with. Has the horse
said it is dead or alive? Has it chosen an alternative state of existence - suspended animation, semi-quickening, zombification, or one of many, many others?
We don't know, and so we can't judge.
Vive la liberté!
Quote from: NickHarbud on Mar 03, 2021, 09:41 AM
Quote from: Erpingham on Mar 01, 2021, 01:37 PM
I do feel its time as a moderator to steppe in and say to stop flogging a dead horse.
Attached is some good advice for those who find themselves in Anthony's position.
;)
These all sound rather familiar :) I didn't see the idea of killing other horses in order to replicate the success of the original dead horse project, though.
We're touching on current affairs now - getting photographed sitting on a dead horse is not the done thing.
its ok, apparently he forgot he was sitting on a dead horse because the phone call completely blanked that fact out of his head.....
Completely understandable. I, myself, have witnessed on many occasions how a phone ring will induce an immediate interruption in whatever other activity the recipient might have been engaged in. People conversing with you will suddenly stop in mid-sentence, a glazed expression will descend upon their faces as they mindlessly reach into their pockets. I find it kindest at this point to walk away and get on with whatever it was I was doing before being interrupted. Such is the mental confusion caused by these events that it will often be days before they can recall even being in conversation with me, let alone the subject under discussion.
Truly, phones are the best devices yet invented for keeping irritating nerks off one's back - even better than a zombie cage!
:P
so when at a loss to get rid of a nuisance secretly 'trouser dial' that person's phone and walk away
It is interesting to see the reaction to the dead horse case and how these things reflect culture. In steppe culture, the priority would probably have been to butcher the carcass before it went off.
Is there any etiquette associated with such nomadic roadkill? I mean, is one allowed to partake of one's own steed that has died under one? Can you eat any horse you have just killed? Or is it only those nags killed by others that suitable ingredients for the cooking pot?
It is important to know about such things when faced with a Mongol warrior or similar psychotic who might take matters sufficiently personally as to kill the transgressor.
Almost certainly such things would be covered by social convention in modern steppe societies. I doubt, however, we have the evidence on such things in terms of ancient peoples. However, several members have an interest in such peoples and have studied writings both Eastern and Western describing these societies and may know the answers.
undoubtedly....
it depends on whether the horse was venerated highly and thus not allowed to be eaten or viewed as a 'complete package' ie transport and mobile larder in one