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nigelswift Mar 3, 2017 08:52:11
Replying to jonmor

jonmor wrote:
"Unique" and "beyond measure" and "irreplaceable" are words used by every lobby group Nigel.[/quote]
Well yes, mia culpa, often!

And yes, "development" takes a different view so there's a struggle (with ground rules laid out recently by the Government that favour the latter.

I don't mind them winning sometimes - the country can't be kept as a museum - but I'd make two point:

a. The evaluation isn't scientific, despite you feeling it ever can be

and b. If this particular case ends with the roads lobby winning then it's as bad as it gets and everything is up for grabs. Ultimately it's a turf war Jon. 21 top archaeos say don't do it, so you can't say the effort isn't being made, and if they lose they won't deserve to.

J jonmor
jonmor Mar 6, 2017 12:49:06
Replying to nigelswift

nigelswift wrote:
And yes, "development" takes a different view so there's a struggle (with ground rules laid out recently by the Government that favour the latter.
.... and if they lose they won't deserve to.
Given the assumptions in one segment of the TAR studies, some people would be absolutely astounded at the claim that the ground rules are stacked against the archaeos. If, buried deep within the TAR, an opaque pro-archaeology bias existed, then questioning the "ground rules" could give opponents ammunition. But it's obviously something that people who are in favour of the 21's argument would not discuss on a public forum so, even if it existed, we would not get to discuss what that might be.

The 21 archaeos are the experts and, no doubt, will have taken all this into account. If any opaque bias in their favour already exists, they will probably be researching and developing their arguments so that they enhance that position rather than force a re-evaluation.

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