POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.off-topic : Ossified : Re: Ossified Server Time
30 Jul 2024 00:21:39 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Ossified  
From: Darren New
Date: 16 Jul 2011 22:08:03
Message: <4e224403$1@news.povray.org>
On 7/15/2011 23:03, Warp wrote:
> Francois Labreque<fla### [at] videotronca>  wrote:
>> Le 2011-07-15 01:54, Warp a �crit :
>>> Darren New<dne### [at] sanrrcom>   wrote:
>>>> It's a rather cool place. Go see it if you're ever in Rome. The whol
e place
>>>> is decorated with the bones of many centuries worth of dead monks.
>>>
>>>     Isn't that quite disrespectful of the dead?
>>>
>> Different cultures have different traditions, I guess.
>
>    We are talking about Italy here, not an isolated exotic culture some
where.

Actually, we're talking about the inside of one specific monastery. One 
which is decorated with the bones of dead monks. It's not like anyone 
decorating the ceiling *or* looking at the ceiling is going to be surpris
ed 
at what they see.

-- 
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   "Coding without comments is like
    driving without turn signals."


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