[Stones] A penny for your thoughts?

[NIGELSWIFT at aol.com]

In a message dated 23/06/2006 21:37:43 GMT Standard Time,  
megalith6 at yahoo.co.uk writes:

i can't image responsible persons leaving offerings - votive or  otherwise - 
at sacred sites as also intentionally 'defacing' them? -  this is a total 
contradiction; waxy smoke deposits from candles in a  Christian context could be 
seen as 'defacing' a Christian place of  worship - but to pursue such an 
insubstantial argument would be -  basically - barmy ...



It seems to me that the term "Sacred Sites" is an unfortunate one. Whether  
any particular site was originally "sacred" and to what extent and to what  
purpose is either not or ill-understood. Whether any particular site is now  
"Sacred" and to what extent and to what purpose is now entirely a matter for  
individual perception and choice. 
 
So actually, they are all "Sacred to some" sites, no more and no  less.
 
That being so, can someone tell me whether those like me (the  majority?) who 
see them not as "Sacred Sites" but "Inviolate Sites" can  register a protest 
against the leaving of offerings, be they damaging or not? 
 
Or do OUR sensibilities count for nowt?
 
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://www.stoneslist.org.uk/pipermail/stones/attachments/20060624/ecd683c2/attachment.html