tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post2768943329937866127..comments2024-03-27T04:46:33.198-07:00Comments on Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: Ringing the "alarm bells"Paul Barfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10443302899233809948noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post-8643637706192415722009-02-02T07:14:00.000-08:002009-02-02T07:14:00.000-08:00I forgot the link to his ACCG-alarmist text "Germa...I forgot the link to his ACCG-alarmist text "German Police <B> run amok</B> over Provenance requirements". It's here: <BR/>http://culturalpropertyobserver.blogspot.com/2009/02/german-police-run-amok-over-provenance.html<BR/><BR/>It would be funny if I did not think this author was deadly serious and really believes what he writes. Run amok, indeed?Paul Barfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10443302899233809948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post-33925054560838215272009-02-02T07:11:00.000-08:002009-02-02T07:11:00.000-08:00Culture property Observer (Peter Tompa) has a long...Culture property Observer (Peter Tompa) has a long post about how the German police are breakinbg down people's doors and hauling them off just because they are collectors... <BR/><BR/>" One thing is for sure. Those archaeologists who take pleasure in the pain of that German pensioner only feed into stereotypes of the archaeological community as a whole amongst collectors."<BR/><BR/>I suspect that is largely a stereotype of archaeologists that only Peter Tompa has. Actually who this gentleman had problems with is the POLICE. I wonder what "stereotypes" of the German police lawyer Tompa entertains?Paul Barfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10443302899233809948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post-33780270640098178182009-02-01T01:14:00.000-08:002009-02-01T01:14:00.000-08:00Thanks Karikásostor Nice to know that despite what...Thanks Karikásostor <BR/>Nice to know that despite what my tracking widget suggests, its not just the "Dark Side" ("metal detectorists" and ancient coin collectors) reading this!Paul Barfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10443302899233809948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post-59529897197348305122009-02-01T00:31:00.000-08:002009-02-01T00:31:00.000-08:00Finally, some good news!Paul, thanks for writing t...Finally, some good news!<BR/><BR/>Paul, thanks for writing this blog!<BR/><BR/>I'm reading it in the last months regularly.<BR/><BR/>Best wish from Hungary.Panopolishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02815430060389237706noreply@blogger.com