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Littlestone
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Re: Votive offerings
Sep 01, 2009, 12:46
nigelswift wrote:
"Perhaps by leaving only small, natural objects that will degrade fairly quickly in the open would be one answer."

At most (he said, grumpily).
After all, it's a selfish self-promoting act masquerading as respect.
It says "look at me, I was here and really revere this place."

(Well leave it unblemished then yer git, like the rest of us!)


:-)

Nah, squire, there's got to a be a compromise (at places like the Swallowhead at least). First time I went to the Swallowhead was nearly fifteen years ago; there were only a few woven hazel thingies hanging in the willow tree, and you'd easily miss those if you were just walking by - http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/img_small/54234.jpg By 2007 things were getting like this - http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/img_small/64706.jpg

People will always be going to the Swallowhead for various reasons and many will want to leave something there - it's just a matter of what, how much and respecting others who come afterwards.

Of course, there is one great spin-off from all the tat/offerings, it's two fingers up to the Church in general and the pope in particular - that can't be a bad thing ;-) http://heritageaction.wordpress.com/2009/07/10/pope-warns-against-paganism/
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