28th January 2009, 10:10 PM
I should imagine that anyone reading the recent posts on this thread would be put off replying (see other thread by Velociraptor) by the confused discussions of the nature of democracy - perhaps Herr Host your should re-name this section of the forum 'BAJR polls' as some people seem to have taken the title a little too literally!
As for the state of modern archaeology didn't Churchill say something about democracy being the worst form of government, apart from all the other ones? No system is perfect. If I were to suggest to a developer that it was all about 'going into a field, digging down and finding ancient things' I doubt they would be greatly impressed. Expressing like that does make it sounds like a luxury, perhaps we should stop bothering!
What's this obsession with being well-respected? I couldn't give a monkeys about that as long as I were able to make a reasonable living and allowed to do the job to a good standard. I don't imagine geotechnical specialists worry about being respected as much as some archaeologists do.
'I've said it before and I'll say it again, democracy simply doesn't work' - Kent Brockman
As for the state of modern archaeology didn't Churchill say something about democracy being the worst form of government, apart from all the other ones? No system is perfect. If I were to suggest to a developer that it was all about 'going into a field, digging down and finding ancient things' I doubt they would be greatly impressed. Expressing like that does make it sounds like a luxury, perhaps we should stop bothering!
What's this obsession with being well-respected? I couldn't give a monkeys about that as long as I were able to make a reasonable living and allowed to do the job to a good standard. I don't imagine geotechnical specialists worry about being respected as much as some archaeologists do.
'I've said it before and I'll say it again, democracy simply doesn't work' - Kent Brockman