The Middle Ages had Orcs?

JBird · 11-19-2009

Times Online Points to Games as Motivation for Planned School Attack:
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news...-School-Attack

arctic eagle · 11-19-2009

ugh, newsmen...

LOD · 11-19-2009

People like to blame things around them for being the cause of their personal problems. It wasn't my son that killed those people it was the music he listened to. I've heard it all. They've done it to several books, songs, movies, and video games in the past.

Nihtgenga · 11-19-2009

Actually, yes. The middle ages did have orcs. Orc is Old English for Foreigner, monster or demon and was used to refer to the Normans invading Englaland in 1066.

EDIT- Well, technically that's actually the Dark Ages, not the Middle Ages. But most people don't know the difference anyway, and hey- the Normans were still controlling England during the middle ages anyway.

JBird · 11-19-2009

I honestly believe that the journalist in question has been under a rock for the past 20 years. I mean, you're writing for an online newsletter, and you have the internet at your disposal to do research. I bet he wrote it up using a an old typewriter and sent it to his editor via carrier penguin.

sodacat · 11-19-2009

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Originally Posted by JBird

I honestly believe that the journalist in question has been under a rock for the past 20 years. I mean, you're writing for an online newsletter, and you have the internet at your disposal to do research.

But that would require effort, and considering the cutbacks in the news industry he probably isn't being paid enough to care.

JBird · 11-19-2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by sodacat

But that would require effort, and considering the cutbacks in the news industry he probably isn't being paid enough to care.

That's a very poor excuse for not doing a job that you are hired to do.

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JBird Casual Artist Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Louisiana, USA Posts: 2,268	The Middle Ages had Orcs? Times Online Points to Games as Motivation for Planned School Attack: http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news...-School-Attack

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arctic eagle facta non verba Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: elsewhere Posts: 11,837	Re: The Middle Ages had Orcs? ugh, newsmen... __________________ end of bloody story.

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LOD Tieing a Knot Or two Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Breaking Down The Walls Of Your Imagination. Posts: 19,660	Re: The Middle Ages had Orcs? People like to blame things around them for being the cause of their personal problems. It wasn't my son that killed those people it was the music he listened to. I've heard it all. They've done it to several books, songs, movies, and video games in the past. __________________ Claire's Project

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Nihtgenga Come into my parlour... Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 7,239	Re: The Middle Ages had Orcs? Actually, yes. The middle ages did have orcs. Orc is Old English for Foreigner, monster or demon and was used to refer to the Normans invading Englaland in 1066. EDIT- Well, technically that's actually the Dark Ages, not the Middle Ages. But most people don't know the difference anyway, and hey- the Normans were still controlling England during the middle ages anyway. __________________

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JBird Casual Artist Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Louisiana, USA Posts: 2,268	Re: The Middle Ages had Orcs? I honestly believe that the journalist in question has been under a rock for the past 20 years. I mean, you're writing for an online newsletter, and you have the internet at your disposal to do research. I bet he wrote it up using a an old typewriter and sent it to his editor via carrier penguin.