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ByzantineBasileus · 2023-06-04T17:35:58+00:00

This was a quote from the ASNC provided by the article:

"In general, ASNC teaching seeks to dismantle the basis of myths of nationalism - that there ever was a ‘British’, ‘English’, ‘Scottish’, ‘Welsh’ or ‘Irish’ people with a coherent and ancient ethnic identity - by showing students just how constructed and contingent these identities are and always have been.”

That seems to me they are using history to support a contemporary ideological goal, but that would mean they have to analyze that history from a modern stand-point, or interpret the evidence in a way that meets such objectives, rather than the study of that evidence being the end goal itself.

ByzantineBasileus · 2023-06-04T17:25:27+00:00

I provided more clarification about point earlier, which you said made sense.

ByzantineBasileus · 2023-06-04T17:16:46+00:00

I should point out that my critique was not so much about whether Anglo-Saxons existed or not, but the approach taken to classify such identity to begin with.

ByzantineBasileus · 2023-06-04T17:14:19+00:00

That being said, given how Orks aim, a ricochet, glancing shot, or splinters from a nearby impact would be far more common a danger, and precisely what the flak armor would be needed for.

There is also a chance the flak armor can take that lethal shot and reduce it to crippling. With bionics, the soldier could be put back into action.

ByzantineBasileus · 2023-06-04T16:36:04+00:00

Yes, that would definitely be the case of taking a medieval term and twisting it to suit a modern agenda. But Anglo-Saxon as a term had been used by English kings and was referred to in charters, so it seems to be an attempt to create a political identity arising out of more established ethnicities. Certainly one could assert it was constructed, but rather than say it was constructed because 'all ethnicities are a construct and this shows ideas about nationhood are incorrect', one should analyze why it was constructed or used at that time, and what was the intention of the actors of the period.

ByzantineBasileus · 2023-06-04T15:55:36+00:00

I did not say they would uncritically accept the identity of their overlords, only that they could have strong notions of identity.

ByzantineBasileus · 2023-06-04T15:53:07+00:00

Anglo-Saxon was certainly one of the terms used in charters and by English kings, but that was more in a political context. For me, what was interest was that the quote from the ASNC in the article says it is a myth that there was an English, Welsh, Irish, or Scottish with an ancient and coherent ethnic identity, but is that what people are the time believed? Should we take that contemporary interpretation and present it as a conclusion, rather than restrict ourselves to just studying how identity was created, regarded, and developed?

ByzantineBasileus · 2023-06-04T15:40:43+00:00

I mean 'modern ideas of ethnicity' in that, rather than elaborate on how individuals from the time period may have understood and framed a wider sense of belonging and identity, the purpose is, based on the article, to impose contemporary standards through presenting ethnicity as 'this is what it was like back then.'

ByzantineBasileus · 2023-06-04T07:33:07+00:00

It's got what plants crave!

ByzantineBasileus · 2023-06-04T07:12:42+00:00

That language does not exist because the Welsh do not exist. Ethnic identity is a construct, man!

ByzantineBasileus · 2023-06-04T05:44:33+00:00

The article also said that there was no such thing as a 'Welsh' people.

ByzantineBasileus · 2023-06-04T04:48:02+00:00

Good news guys, Anglo-Saxons don't real:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/06/03/anglo-saxons-arent-real-cambridge-student-fight-nationalism/

In all seriousness, I find that approach flawed because it seems to be imposing modern ideas of ethnicity as a 'construct', rather than both acknowledging that identities could be fluid, and that peoples back then could have strong notions of collective identity and common descent. Wouldn't a better approach be to look at how such cultures labelled themselves and study how such understandings could be expanded to incorporate others?

Also, I find the approach fraught with dangers as, if we operate on the assumption such groups 'did not exist', it could be applied to contemporary situations and be used as justification to deny groups self-determination.

ByzantineBasileus · 2023-06-03T07:48:44+00:00

The terminator?

ByzantineBasileus · 2023-06-03T07:36:53+00:00

Always been on the right, never thought any political commentator was super-intelligent. They were always just providing their own opinion. Some were more educated and informed than others, but I would never take any as being 'true'.

ByzantineBasileus · 2023-06-02T14:45:00+00:00

For a more obscure example of a buggy 90's release, though, Trespasser puts everything else to shame. Imagine having a game that can barely run on the vast majority of PCs of the era, packing it with janky controls straight out of Surgery Simulator and then adding in dinosaurs with cripplingly indecisive AI that also governed their animations.

The problem with Trespasser was the technology was not equal to what the devs wanted to accomplish, otherwise it would have been ahead of its time.

ByzantineBasileus · 2023-06-02T14:09:46+00:00

From what I have read, the Tlaxcalans seemed to be content with the shift in power for a while.

ByzantineBasileus · 2023-06-02T13:29:52+00:00

You couldn't even complete the main quest in Daggerfell at release, for instance.

Oh god, Daggerfall. That takes me back. I sunk years into that game.

ByzantineBasileus · 2023-06-02T13:20:30+00:00

Opinion of the Lonesome Road DLC?

ByzantineBasileus · 2023-06-02T13:17:34+00:00

What would be the primary difference between a great power and a world power?

ByzantineBasileus · 2023-06-02T13:01:52+00:00

What do you call two ancient Jewish coins? A bi-shekel.

How did the ancient Israelites make beer? They Hebrewed it.

ByzantineBasileus · 2023-06-02T12:58:20+00:00

Video games were just as buggy in the 80s and 90s. The big difference was the internet was not as widespread, so no one could really talk about it.

ByzantineBasileus · 2023-06-02T10:25:10+00:00

Most of us bought totalwar game for their historic/educational aspect

....educational?

........EDUCATIONAL?

ByzantineBasileus · 2023-06-02T08:59:29+00:00

They certainly did! Look at this fresco called the Crucifixion of Christ from isoki Dečani Monastery. It was done in 1350 AD:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5f/Crucifixion_of_Christ_-_Visoki_De%C4%8Dani_Monastery.jpg

Note the images on the left and right sides of the image? Most probably those very same probes, but reinterpreted by the artist according to their own context.

ByzantineBasileus · 2023-06-02T07:54:37+00:00

I don't think a fan calling the game a Saga title automatically makes it a Saga title. That is something the developers do.

ByzantineBasileus · 2023-06-02T07:50:53+00:00

How does bisexual fit in this scheme?

Bisexual people don't exist. They just haven't made a choice yet!

Would a genderfluid into that?

I would not want gender fluid near any form of taxation.

That about a person in a marriage that later transitions?

To avoid taxation? I applaud their commitment to Libertarian principles.

Do you suppose that person was always the gender they transitioned to thus declaring that the marriage was invalid since the start while also giving them back all the taxes they paid?

A person's gender identity is between them and their accountant.

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