Heritage Journal Server Blocked Today

Ivory Tower ( (c) by sai_q on December 25, 2010 )

British archaeologists were so keen to add their voice this morning to the debate started by Heritage Action that they temporarily blocked the Wordpress server which should be back online now. The question supplied in an update this morning was:

There have been some interesting reactions to the above article elsewhere, none of them clear, so perhaps it would be reasonable to invite archaeologists (particularly those who the public are likely to hear) to address the core question to which the public is surely owed an answer: Is wanton failure to report recordable metal detecting finds immoral? Or not?

British archaeologists stand out in European archaeology with regard to the degree to which they selflessly exhibit a dogged determination to keep the public stakeholders up to date with current archaeological thinking and keeping the heritage debate on the right track. No doubt all over our continent other archaeologists are looking at the spectacle with amazement.

UPDATE
funnily enough though one might have expected the influx of all those erudite folk from British archaeology to have resulted in at least a few comments, it would seem that a technical glitch must have occurrred, no archaeological reaction at all is visible.  This silence cannot, surely, be representative of British archaeological opinion. Where are the CBA, IfA, Rescue, ALGAO, PAS, the local societies, Time Team, have they no voice? Perhaps instead of relying on some amateur group with their wonky old server to be doing all the talking to the broader public on 'Our Portable Heritage', they could actually get on with doing a bit of it themselves.