5th May 2011, 02:27 PM
I see where you are coming from Frogs but that`s not entirely fair. The `regulars` on here are largely people who have ten spare minutes in their day or who dive on here after dinner. Having seen huge numbers of subscribers on here come and go after only a few short months-the people who you see as "the same voices on pretty much every thread" are largely those who have stayed around and are lucky enough to have ten spare minutes. One of the major drawbacks in archaeology is the nature of our distribution across a wide area and through a multi-facetted industry. It`s nigh on impossible to mobilise such a herd in any-let alone one direction. Like herding cats really! I don`t subscribe to the view that apathy reigns supreme but I do subscribe to the view that now perhaps more than ever-someone somewhere needs to stand up. Arguably, a goodly few are already doing just that-numbers of well-established bodies are waking up to the need. I feel that we are in desperate need of a good and well-orchestrated media flurry and a good old fashioned dose of " beat the MP with a stick". Not to mention the lobbying of MEP`s.:face-approve: