big sling gland,

just for us non native speakers, please, what is the meaning of "fcc"?

funda iucunda

Funda_Iucunda,

This is not timely (like, six months late) but, to answer your question about what means "fcc": It is the Federal Communications Commission, a United States government bureau charge with regulating the use of radio and television.  One of the things they do, is try to keep people from saying rude things "on the air".  The FCC will levy stiff fines against a broadcast company (be it television station, or nationwide network) if they permit someone to say certain words.

So when big_sling_gland asked if Altay was "the fcc of statues", he was indirectly asking why Altay took it upon himself to obscure part of the statue.

Funda_Iucunda, I would suggest that 'fire and move' was exactly the tactic used by ancient light missile troops...it was the heavy infantry that fought and moved in blocks, they had the armor and equipment to do it.  Light missile troops, on the other hand, had no armor, other than possibly a light sheild, and lighter weapons and equipment...if they tried to go toe-to-toe with the heavy infantry they'd be slaughtered.

On a completely different note, I've been trying to learn Mr. Larry Bray's distance style as shown in one of C_A's video clips...and I would note that the statue of the "kneeling" slinger, if you were to set it upright, standing on the extended left leg, the statue's upper body would be leaning left and forward of balance, the left arm would be forward and low, the right arm would be high and behind(coming forward) and the right leg would behind coming forward over the balance point.  This is a pretty good match for how Mr. Bray is positioned the instant before he releases....check it out and let me know if you agree (one caveat: the video clip doesn't show the lower legs and feet, so I could be wrong as well)

WRG