8th July 2008, 12:25 PM
One of the phrases in the paper that characterises the authors attitude is "corrupt development and profiteering" and the suggested link between the Irish President and an American organisation established during the Reagan era to promote democracy and the free market by nefarious means is illuminating. Yes we can stand with our fingers in our ears shouting la la la, I wont quote for this work because I disagree with the siting of this development or because you invested whatever, wherever and six months later we'd be collecting our unemployment benefit or working in a call centre as development blithely carried on.
I'm not saying that valid points are not raised, or that we should unthinkingly go along with the planner/developer/commercial archaeology status quo but to suggest that commercial archaeology is a suitable stage on which we should fight the march of globalisation seems a little disingenuous.
Happiness depends on ourselves.
I'm not saying that valid points are not raised, or that we should unthinkingly go along with the planner/developer/commercial archaeology status quo but to suggest that commercial archaeology is a suitable stage on which we should fight the march of globalisation seems a little disingenuous.
Happiness depends on ourselves.