The problem of Cthulhu

Jeff Wilson · 20 Jun 2007, 12:35 · from 2007-June.txt.gz

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From: jwilson at io.com (Jeff Wilson)
Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2007 07:35:44 -0500
Subject: (urth) The problem of Cthulhu
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brunians at brunians.org wrote:
>> brunians at brunians.org wrote:
>>
>>> I think that all of this is related to various species of humans who
>>> were around in the deep past. There were (especially) surviving
> populations
>>> of neanderthals and such in Scandanavia when the aryan types got there.
> 
>> *snicker* This is literally the premise of _The Thirteenth
>> Warrior_/_Eaters of the Dead_.
> 
> Yes it is.
> 
> Why should that be amusing?

Because of the dual meaning of Aryan (notional fair-skinned race vs. 
Indo-European root culture). The movie opens with Ibn Faldan, an exiled 
Persian, being sent to Scandanaavia, and there are *still* proto-humans 
  there, ages after the blondes have taken up residence.

-- 
Jeff Wilson - jwilson at io.com
< http://www.io.com/~jwilson >

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