2nd March 2006, 02:52 PM
Quote:quote:Originally posted by the invisible man
You want to prevent a farmer from carrying out a legitimate and lawful, and reasonable, activity on his own land. This activity is his livelihood. You have a reason for wishing to restrict his freedom of action, in that you believe that buried remains on that land are of value, as I understand it. Let us assume that the farmer disagrees, and wishes to pursue his activities.
The only way to resolve the conflict of views is through the law.
We owe the dead nothing but the truth.
I know we have to have laws but farmers are often aware of having archaeology on their land, sometimes before archaeologists do. Surely a farmer is not being asked to give up his livelihood altogether, just to leave certain areas untouched. If some farmers can do it, why not all.
We all have some constraints on our activities.
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