6th May 2006, 10:10 AM
Quote:quote:Originally posted by deepdigger
Aye Troll, but you need to make the same amount of noise that we made in london over the poll tax to get any reaction.
And then its generally a mounted police charge first followed by some baton rounds!
deep
I agree with Troll - it is perfectly possible to mount a campaign and should include public support. The issue the public will support is one which results in damage and loss of their archaeology, their heritage. From the public perspective - an a archaeologist loses a job so what? people out there face it all the time but losing planning control is not any old job the ramifications are far reaching and irreversible. Troll said a trickle of letters is insufficient - it represents the objections of a small number of voters, a minority. A campaign can acheive both raising the value of archaeology and archaeologists at the same time and does not have to be led by an archaeologist who fears to speak out in case he/she loses their job or is passed over for promotion / interviews nor does it mean batons at dawn.