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Sounds like a lot of guessing. Apparently nothing is written in stone as to why they did this. The explanation reminds me of english teachers trying to interp
by legohead 8y ago
Sounds like a lot of guessing. Apparently nothing is written in stone as to why they did this. The explanation reminds me of english teachers trying to interpret poems.
It's also odd they mention removing the left arm has significance, but show pictures of statues with the right arms removed...
My guess is it is related to some common speech, like a saying, or a gesture of some sort. Like flicking of the nose is a 'fuck you', and so people chop off the noses of things to insult or show objection to the subject. But, like the article, just a guess.
- Zelmor 8y agoBecause religion is the drug of the unwashed masses, and there is a lot of those around everywhere.
- doitLP 8y agoInappropriate and bigoted comment.
- dang 8y agoReligious flamewar is not allowed on HN. Please don't post like this, or like https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19389868 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19389868, here. In addition, would you please stop posting uncivil and/or unsubstantive comments? You've done it repeatedly, and eventually we ban accounts for that too. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- Digit-Al 8y agoFrom the article: > In statues intended to show human beings making offerings to gods, the left arm—most commonly used to make offerings—is cut off so the statue’s function can’t be performed (the right hand is often found axed in statues receiving offerings). So they do actually mention the right arm as well.