11-26-2006, 06:08 PM
Looks like you've uncovered a veritable treasure trove of sloppy science, Jim!
First, let's hear it for the fact-checkers/subbies of the NY Times:
Hmmm. Like standing in front of a pyroclastic flow was in some way going to hurt you a little bit but not actually kebab you at high speed.
The illustration (without the large name watermark just to remind you who the author is) was originally published in National Geographic back in 1984. Did our man not notice that he had a bad case of Exposed Femur Syndrome? ;-)
Well I received a stab wound in my left thigh when I was about 7 or 8, but that was by sticking a garage door handle in it as I came off my bike. The left thigh is not the most obvious place for any shield-fighting combatant to receive an injury (regardless of whether they are a marine, infantryman, or cavalryman) and this just looks like guesswork.
Mike Bishop
First, let's hear it for the fact-checkers/subbies of the NY Times:
Quote:Death was sudden
Hmmm. Like standing in front of a pyroclastic flow was in some way going to hurt you a little bit but not actually kebab you at high speed.
The illustration (without the large name watermark just to remind you who the author is) was originally published in National Geographic back in 1984. Did our man not notice that he had a bad case of Exposed Femur Syndrome? ;-)
Quote:This individual probably saw combat, as he had received a stab wound in the left thigh
Well I received a stab wound in my left thigh when I was about 7 or 8, but that was by sticking a garage door handle in it as I came off my bike. The left thigh is not the most obvious place for any shield-fighting combatant to receive an injury (regardless of whether they are a marine, infantryman, or cavalryman) and this just looks like guesswork.
Mike Bishop
