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Silbury Hill

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nigelswift N
nigelswift Sep 4, 2012 09:59:28
Replying to Rhiannon

"The question is, am I more special than everyone else, do I have some special right to bend the rules that apply to everyone else for the good of the site? What's more important in the long run, the welfare of the site or me satisfying my impulse?

(It sounds like I like rules, I don't particularly, but I think we're talking about rules as in societal consensus. The people looking after Silbury, Skara Brae, Stonehenge, you'd like to think they are people who have the sites' protection at heart, and they're experienced / educated people who have been hired for their expertise. So if they decide we shouldn't trample all over Silbury etc, in this case I'm willing to believe that it's quite a good decision)"
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....tumultuous applause....
(From me anyway)

R Rhiannon
Rhiannon Sep 4, 2012 10:09:28
Replying to nigelswift

Thank you Nigel.

Ultimately it's only my opinion. But it does seem like a no-brainer to me. And it does surprise me that the topic goes round and round on this forum, because you'd imagine the very people you'd find here, they'd be the ones most keen to look after these islands' prehistory. But as it turns out some fans of prehistory think they're more equal than others. Is that because of some spurious spiritual connection they've got that no one else can understand. Or is it that they just think Fuck The Law in general. Or what is it. I'm intrigued to know.

Anyway having stirred that up I really ought to go and do some work :)

T thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Sep 4, 2012 18:47:06
Replying to nigelswift

nigelswift wrote:
"The question is, am I more special than everyone else, do I have some special right to bend the rules that apply to everyone else for the good of the site? What's more important in the long run, the welfare of the site or me satisfying my impulse?

(It sounds like I like rules, I don't particularly, but I think we're talking about rules as in societal consensus. The people looking after Silbury, Skara Brae, Stonehenge, you'd like to think they are people who have the sites' protection at heart, and they're experienced / educated people who have been hired for their expertise. So if they decide we shouldn't trample all over Silbury etc, in this case I'm willing to believe that it's quite a good decision)"
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....tumultuous applause....
(From me anyway)

Yep, I'd go with that too. Although I would add the caveat that the heritage bodies don't always know best, as views do have a habit of changing over the years. But I would give them the benefit of the doubt on the basis that they have a degree of expertise that I sure don't.

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