14th March 2007, 01:26 PM
Quote:quote:Originally posted by voice of reason
Poverty is indeed relative, but how many archaeologists at 'digger' grade can't afford their fags and beer, which were not high on the on the list of subsistence items last time I looked.
I did suggest the week before last, that the proposed IFA/Prospect/BAJR 'Living Wage' campaign might be better entitled the 'Dignity Wage' campaign, to avoid the campaign being sidelined through criticism such as Voice of Reason has outlined.
My own view is that if archaeologists are paid a dignity wage, they have the freedom of choice to waste it on fags, booze and keeping coal in the bath if they wish. It is a tired and fatuous argument to suggest that true poverty can only be measured by austere living and a lack of wordly possessions. Numerous sociological studies have shown that the poorest members of society will always purchase before saving and investing.
Keep on commenting in that vein, Voice of Reason, and I will start to think of you as 'Voice of My Dad'[8D].