(09-11-2017, 12:31 AM)Diane wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view....
As some may know I think the assumption that the ladies are to be read allegorically in the calendar but literally in the 'bathy-' section is an assumption adopted without sufficient pause for thought, and I do not subscribe to it.
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I didn't make that assumption. The two are not mutually exclusive. Things are not always black and white, but your responses often seem to assume they are.
I was simply pointing out, which you will see if you read it again, that a literal interpretation IS POSSIBLE (because bathing areas do actually look like this). I DID NOT SAY it was necessary for it to be interpreted literally. I was simply adding observations based on research and personal experience.
I don't know whether it's literal or allegorical (or both). Unlike some people, I do not expect instant answers, I expect it will probably unravel slowly, so both possibilities must be considered.
I do not appreciate my comments being interpreted as assumptions or theories or one-sided arguments because they rarely are. I work from a list of possibilities, rarely from theories.