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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 3228425, member: 39&quot;]Just read about &quot;politically correct&quot; language (in German) and how the term is almost exclusively used by those who despise the concept. Well, the author Anatol Stefanowitsch pleads for a use of language that does (or aims at) justice, and he suggests applying Kant&#039;s Categorical Imperative to our use of language as well.</p><p><br /></p><p>The second book (just started reading that one) is about the Strangest Places in the Ancient World. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Yeah, German again, by Martin Zimmermann. He deals with the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemonian_stairs" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemonian_stairs" rel="nofollow">Gemonian Stairs</a> in Rome for example, and with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entremont_(oppidum)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entremont_(oppidum)" rel="nofollow">Entremont</a> where they apparently had storage rooms for the skulls of beheaded enemies ...</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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