2nd February 2012, 09:30 PM
Before we all get knicklers in twists. no names no packdrills. and neither do we cover ourselves in glory by playground slapping... everyone... stop goading and start talking.
and that as I say goes for everyone.
I fundamentaly think quintaine is wrong, but I will hear him out. even if he is (in return) being a smartypants. I have been called a few things... but neo colonialist is a new one I try to ignore that, and reply.
If we can't debate this, then forget it.
ps... I talked with Johan, and he is too busy giving time to try and explain why Roman occupation of Meso-America is not going to be high on research agendas.
You see, quintaine, perhaps you have not encountered it enough to give a damn - but try dealing with it daily... I am an archaeologist, and damned be him that thinks just putting the word into their title makes them one. Earn it, prove it, and act like one. That is all I ask of an archaeologist.
So to expand the debate. I take it quintaine you are happy ( as Wax says) with Nazi principles in archaeology? or (like my wife has to deal with) both white supremacist websites using archaeology to prove their beleif and then - black power websites claiming african colonisation of South America.
Is ther a line that you feel should not be crossed? Like Wax, I think that following the line youu suggest is just as fraught by the elitist attitude you rail against.
Archaeology for all? Who decides?
and that as I say goes for everyone.
I fundamentaly think quintaine is wrong, but I will hear him out. even if he is (in return) being a smartypants. I have been called a few things... but neo colonialist is a new one I try to ignore that, and reply.
If we can't debate this, then forget it.
ps... I talked with Johan, and he is too busy giving time to try and explain why Roman occupation of Meso-America is not going to be high on research agendas.
You see, quintaine, perhaps you have not encountered it enough to give a damn - but try dealing with it daily... I am an archaeologist, and damned be him that thinks just putting the word into their title makes them one. Earn it, prove it, and act like one. That is all I ask of an archaeologist.
So to expand the debate. I take it quintaine you are happy ( as Wax says) with Nazi principles in archaeology? or (like my wife has to deal with) both white supremacist websites using archaeology to prove their beleif and then - black power websites claiming african colonisation of South America.
Is ther a line that you feel should not be crossed? Like Wax, I think that following the line youu suggest is just as fraught by the elitist attitude you rail against.
Archaeology for all? Who decides?