10th August 2006, 08:59 PM
Hi all,
Firstly may i apologise to David,Paul,Steve et al if my earlier post caused upset it was not intended to be as such, and if Hosty would allow me the privilage to respond/answer to Paul's rather direct question that i am in someway "supporting" this Rally i will be grateful and i promise to abide by AUP
Paul,
The terminology i used in my earlier post was probably not the right choice of words, but rather words that i thought would not further inflame an already heated discussion (typical me!!).
I touched on this subject in a post i made earlier in the Detecting Section but i will briefly quote here, i do not attend Rallies (although i attended several in my beginnings as a Detectorist!) this is not me being "unsociable" in any way to my fellow Detectorist's as i am a rather sociable person! i do not believe in holding Rallies "en masse" in areas such as the area in question, i also do not know the finer details of this Rally as i am not planning to attend it! so with the greatest of respect how can i be seen to be in " support" of it!. The fact is that this Rally is going to go ahead despite the protestations so the recording aspect (as long as it is used "en masse") i suppose can be seen as an exercise in "damage limitation" and it was this i was trying to touch on without going into a lenghthy post as well as trying not to upset the different camps. I think Davids involvement as an Archaeologist at this rally (although seen as controversial in certain academic quarters!) should be seen as a positive step toward the future, and i believe that although the scenario is far from perfect that his attendance along with those that have given up their free time to attend is still inkeeping with at least one of the principles of Archaeology which is Heritage Management.
Apologies for the length of post! and this is my final word on the subject!
Thanks!
D
Firstly may i apologise to David,Paul,Steve et al if my earlier post caused upset it was not intended to be as such, and if Hosty would allow me the privilage to respond/answer to Paul's rather direct question that i am in someway "supporting" this Rally i will be grateful and i promise to abide by AUP
Paul,
The terminology i used in my earlier post was probably not the right choice of words, but rather words that i thought would not further inflame an already heated discussion (typical me!!
).I touched on this subject in a post i made earlier in the Detecting Section but i will briefly quote here, i do not attend Rallies (although i attended several in my beginnings as a Detectorist!) this is not me being "unsociable" in any way to my fellow Detectorist's as i am a rather sociable person!
i do not believe in holding Rallies "en masse" in areas such as the area in question, i also do not know the finer details of this Rally as i am not planning to attend it! so with the greatest of respect how can i be seen to be in " support" of it!. The fact is that this Rally is going to go ahead despite the protestations so the recording aspect (as long as it is used "en masse") i suppose can be seen as an exercise in "damage limitation" and it was this i was trying to touch on without going into a lenghthy post as well as trying not to upset the different camps. I think Davids involvement as an Archaeologist at this rally (although seen as controversial in certain academic quarters!) should be seen as a positive step toward the future, and i believe that although the scenario is far from perfect that his attendance along with those that have given up their free time to attend is still inkeeping with at least one of the principles of Archaeology which is Heritage Management.Apologies for the length of post! and this is my final word on the subject!
Thanks!
D