Why don't people wear their kilts more?

[tripleblessed]

Why is not more made of earlier cultures in North America? Because the few scholars who were able to decipher the patterns
made by stored acorns were abducted by aliens and today's squirrels have not bothered to keep in use the ancient lore passed
down by their forefathers. Actually not as far metaphorically from the truth as it might appear at first guffaw. I
have been told by highly respected elders around the world on various continents speaking with no hint of a smile that there
was no warfare in their history until the white man came. That despite the uncovered bodies with arrow and spear points still
in place, or skulls split open by bronze or stone implements.

Archaeological evidence of travelers from various parts of the world to North America is regularly overlooked or pooh-
poohed by those who aren't comfortable with the idea that the truth might be different than what we've grown used to
in time. Chinese junks were seen on the west coast by the first Spaniards to make excursion up Big Sur. Numerous
Roman galleys found all along the coast of South America. Roman coins wash up on the New Jersey shore. Hebrew and
Norse runes of very old style found all through North America. We don't teach it because we can't make sense of it in our
current understanding, and we're that wrong in that area, what else don't we understand? The unknown and the truth are
equally unsettling, so we mostly go with comfortable.

Facts are often met with "Shut up and go away. Nine years and a lot of work went into my degrees, and if you're right
I'm out of a job.". Or, "Wait a minute. If you're right, my ancestor was a thief and a an egomaniac. Shut up.". History
has always been mutable, depending on the needs of those telling it.

Some where it was said there is nothing new under the sun. And mostly what is not new is our desire to argue, dispute,
gnaw on dry bones, and beat dead horses. Kilt up, carry on, and enjoy the ride.