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Silbury extra!

nigelswift N
nigelswift Jun 24, 2007 18:28:07
Replying to slumpystones

"The real problem is the precedent it creates, and not just at Silbury. Anyone with a media-friendly suggestion will have to be taken seriously in the wake of this foreign object being placed where it shouldn't. "

But it doesn't have to be media friendly or involve asking anyone to take the idea seriously. There are loads and loads and loads of people who want to leave all manner of stuff (including paintings!) and bury crystals and all the rest of it at scheduled sites as part of THEIR perceived and self-proclaimed right to interact with places as they see fit. Who in EH will be able to look them in the eye and say don't?

S slumpystones
slumpystones Jun 24, 2007 19:11:58
Replying to nigelswift

nigelswift wrote:
"The real problem is the precedent it creates, and not just at Silbury. Anyone with a media-friendly suggestion will have to be taken seriously in the wake of this foreign object being placed where it shouldn't. "

But it doesn't have to be media friendly or involve asking anyone to take the idea seriously. There are loads and loads and loads of people who want to leave all manner of stuff (including paintings!) and bury crystals and all the rest of it at scheduled sites as part of THEIR perceived and self-proclaimed right to interact with places as they see fit. Who in EH will be able to look them in the eye and say don't?

I say media because of the Culture Media And Sports hole that EH fall into. Nowadays everything any politician, commissioner or any other pensioned public worker thinks about is staying in the job, or doing as little damage as they can in case it jeopardises their own personal future. Doing The Right Thing seems to be a long distant memory.

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