Eric Moron and his metal detecting mates think it is enough to repeat the same words time after time and people will believe them |
Yes, things have changed, to some degree, opinions sadly have not, as far as some are concerned, including one very large thorn in the side. He will never admit to being wrong, nor will he change the opinions of those who actually know the truth.I do not know how a metal detectorist goes about constructing his or her version of the truth and their opnions, there are those of us (not all of us have degrees) who base them on rational argumentation and analsis of various pieces of information.
Mr Blunt presented his views in 2007, Mr Winter republished them verbatim on his own blog in 2011 and reckons that 'in 10 years little has changed … time for a reprise, I think!'.
Possibly Mr Blunt's views on what the 'detractors' of Collection-Driven Exploitation of the Archaeological Record have failed to make any headway outside the hobby because his arguments are palpably false. If a metal detectorist wants to convince us that there is validity to what he says, then they have to address the comments made by those who have read his text and thought the points he makes through. There are a number of issues with the construction and contents of his narrative, why, therefore, does he not follow up the initial effort to address these concerns? It is not enough for unthinking dullards to dismiss attempts to put another side of an argument and properly debate the issues as a 'thorn in our side'. Here are some comments made on the original text which metal detectorists pretend not to see.
John Winter on the "Detractors of Metal Detecting"
PACHI Sunday, 13 November 2011
3 comments:
Thanks to John Towland for the correction, it was John Stokes, not John stokes
So easy to make a mistake, Paul. I saw that but didn't think to mention!
Indeed, but Mr Towland reckons I am a "traitor" for not spotting it. The workings of the minds of metal detectorists will always be a puzzle to me.
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