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Most people do not have a deep understanding of historical events or how people used to live, including me of course. Which is why often certain myths and misinformation tends to stick around. So lets get get some rules up: 1. Should you debunk a myth give either a brief explanation for why it is a myth or provide a link where someone could find the necessary information within a reasonable amount of time. 2. If its not obvious explain where the myth is portrayed. 3. Debates will happen because people disagree about certain points, so try to point out the more obvious myths if you can. 4. If a debate happens use sources, but be charitable and explain what the source says and make it easy for others to use your sources. The myth that usually annoys me is the idea that using a bow, and particularly a long bow requires little strength, which is why it is reserved for skinny ladies in RPGs and in some historical movies. This is usually contrasted with how melee combatants would supposedly be the strong ones., which is an advantage, but which is not ultimately necessary. Where as with a longbow you had to be pretty strong. This passage from wikipedia on English longbows tells us this: quote:"Training[edit] Also, this is my first post so i apologize in advance if this is bad, i just hoped this would be a safe place to err a bit and test the waters. Midig has a new favorite as of 05:16 on Apr 6, 2016 |
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