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slumpystones wrote: Mustard wrote: CianMcLiam wrote: Some landowners no longer allow access because they are tired of clearing up 'offerings', everyone gets tarred with the same brush as the thoughtless. But that's not the point at hand. Of course it is. It's the basis for the whole argument. People don't like tat left lying around, full stop. Irish landowners are hardly a representative cross-section of the British public. Or the Irish public, come to that. slumpystones wrote: Meaning someone has to police every site every day. Someone with persuasive tones, someone who can take abuse, someone with training in self-defence. All for free, and no uniform supplied. People really do live in fear these days, don't they? I've never had any problems approaching people, and I'm not built like a brick shit-house. Policing sites every day is irrelevant, since no amount of words of disapproval on this forum are going to prevent offerings, so it's not like there's a better alternative than talking to people. slumpystones wrote: A sign would be more official, and would certainly get the message across better than someone preaching their message at everyone who dropped anything or left an offering. Oh come on! On the one hand, you're arguing that people would be verbally abusive if you approached them, then on the other hand you're arguing that they're going to respect a sign??? slumpystones wrote: Maybe you could wear a t-shirt saying "Tat? No Thanks", I'm sure that would get the message across admirably. And save you being abused by every third person who's behaviour you 'corrected' And maybe you could manage to be a teensy bit more patronising just in case you've not undermined your case sufficiently already. Reply | with quote | Posted by Mustard 27th June 2007ce 20:45 In reply to: Re: Ancient sites: Protect or Use? (slumpystones) |
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