The public are asked to submit just one comment on the Bulgarian bilateral cultural property agreement proposal. The coineys' posts are very repetitive, suggesting that there is a "mother text" (behind most of them which is being duplicated by cut-and-pasting. It seems that some coineys however are trying to boost their chances by even more blatant means. One Roy Iwata wrote (October 19 2011, at 12:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time) - possibly from Santa Anna Seal Beach, CA: I am oppose to any restriction of importation of ancient coins. Many ancient coins left the country of issue legally for purchase of good of other countries or were carry out of the country my its people.Arrr! And just to make the point, what seems to be the same coin-collecting guy using the same the aberrant grammar wrote again on October 21 2011, at 12:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time:
I am oppose to any import restriction on ancient coins to the USA. It is unfair. Collectors of ancient coins in other countries can import ancient coins, but collectors in the USA can not import ancient coins. Custom agents are expert in telling which ancient coins are restricted from being imported.Arrrr! I think he meant to say ICE officials cannot easily tell what ancient coins imported into the US without the paperwork showing legal export they should allow into 1970-Convention-Party USA and which they ought to stop. Who knows what he might write tomorrow? Next time will you actually be writing about section 303(a)1 of the Convention on Cultural Property Implementation Act Mr Iwata? Go on, have a go...
Vignette: Snoopy sends his ideas to Washington.
Nice!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Paul, for investigating the case, and how they manipulate the number of public comments. Now this becomes really interesting. I love snoopy. I cannot wait to read more sophisticated coiney commentaries! Yay! These guys make my day. Sitting here and have such a good laugh about the stupidity of some people.
oh, there are some real crackers.
ReplyDeleteLooking at the general level of literacy and ability to articulate ideas they represent, I wonder whether its the kids who DID get left behind by the US education system which end up collecting ancient coins and get sucked into the ACCG typing pool. The frightening option is that these are the kids who did not get left behind.
The parallel with UK "metal detectorists" here is thought-provoking.
What is ironic is both groups claim to be "researching" the past and "cultures" through what they do.