nigelswift wrote:
The idea that a small group within a small hobby can react within days to the publication of the stated wishes of the rest of society by unilaterally writing their OWN "alternative" code of responsibility for how THEY think the resource should be treated, in direct contravention of all professional archaeological opinion is risible and transparently self-serving.
The idea that a small group within a small hobby can react within days to the creation of a counter showing the rate at which archaeological finds are being collected away by self-centred artefact hunters by writing their OWN biased "explanation" of where their critics have allegedly got it all wrong, in direct contravention of professional archaeological opinion, is also risible and transparently self-serving.Its interesting (and transparently obvious) that it does not address the central arguments of the case against the further tolerance of artefact collecting.
Paul Barford
