tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post3986379691370006580..comments2024-03-27T04:46:33.198-07:00Comments on Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: UK Metal Detectorist's CredoPaul Barfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10443302899233809948noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post-9729207041330946682015-11-11T05:13:00.108-08:002015-11-11T05:13:00.108-08:00"James", where are those "well-mean..."James", where are those "well-meaning, well-educated, responsible metal detectorists" now when their fellow detectorists threaten that a commentator is going to "get a knock on the door" and he's spreading around photos of conservationists to metal detector "retailers who want them"? http://paul-barford.blogspot.com/2015/11/it-goes-on.html<br /><br />Are they "responsibly hiding"? "Responsibly being ambassadors for the hobby" by keeping quiet instead of speaking out against the thuggishness of the stalkers in the hobby (or if you like on the margins of the hobby)? Are they taking responsibility for the public image of their hobby? Nope. <br /><br />Where ARE they James? <br />Show me them, standing up for civilised behaviour. <br />Paul Barfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10443302899233809948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post-85769517116017043312015-11-11T02:57:20.725-08:002015-11-11T02:57:20.725-08:00I expect there are some ISIL militants who are ani...I expect there are some ISIL militants who are animal lovers. The question is does that fact excuse all that ISIL does to people? Te problem with current UK policies is not the educated ones, but the vast number who have shown themselves incapable of any form of education. a policy based on "outreach" is doomed to FAIL. Likewise the actual evidence of the extent of that "responsibility" (when the subject of the cycle of posts I am discussing admits he does not as a rule report his finds to the PAS) is what is in question here. I say all the evidence points to that being a facade behind which a whole load of selfish irresponsibility lurks. That is not "crap" it is something that can be demonstrated. What is "crap" is a policy in England and Wales which fails to take that into account. It is the underlying message of this blog that a lot of "crap" is spread about uncritically by the jobsworth and self-interested supporters of current policies. <br /><br />Paul Barfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10443302899233809948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post-69174278372889497852015-11-11T02:35:34.003-08:002015-11-11T02:35:34.003-08:00You really do talk a lot of crap. I know plenty o...You really do talk a lot of crap. I know plenty of well meaning, well educated, responsible detectorists. Does it even enter your head that these people exist?Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10005840315676344323noreply@blogger.com