Idiocies and manipulations of the IAPN-Tompa-Howland partnership

IAPN pirate crew in action

Sam Hardy ('Correction and clarification but no retraction' December 20, 2014) addresses the idiocies and straw man manipulations of the IAPN-Tompa-Howland partnership in their attempts to dismiss arguments against the no-questions-asked buying of potential conflict antiquities. In the course of this the collectors completely discredit themselves as informed observers and commentators of what is, after all, quite a simple matter.  I really think further comment is superfluous.