butterflyuk

No disrespect to any race or culture but I thought that old wife's tales and superstitious beliefs were the result of ingorance and lack of education.

In old days Red Indians were scared of guns believing that it was the White man's magic or In Africa people wouldn't want their photos taken because that meant capturing someone's soul or In Asia they believed that looking in the mirror can bring upon an evil look on us. The reason for these untrue ideas was that people did not know the Science and did not have the knowledge and education.

Now in 2005 when we are talking about cloning and trips to the moon how can we believe that some writing on a stone is causing the bad luck on a city? See thisarticle. Carlisle has suffered floods, foot and mouth, job losses, bad football results and some other problems. So have some other cities. There does not seem to be anything in particular that has happened in Carlisle that can relate to the stone inscribed with a Scottish curse alone. Now the Council wants to destroy the stone. If an art effect is not pleasing then fine but not because a piece of article has brought about all the disasters. Who will they blame when things go wrong afterwards? Who can other places blame when they suffered the same or worse disasters?

We all have some ideas and beliefs that may not be proven or rational. We may have been unwittingly conditioned in believing them. We may have had co-incidents that led us to believe them. As long as we know there is no proof of these convictions and use them as some kind of comforting escape then it up to us as individuals I suppose.