tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post8793250716500429075..comments2024-03-27T04:46:33.198-07:00Comments on Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: British Archaeologists Sidetracked Answering Simple Questions - but take a look why. Paul Barfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10443302899233809948noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post-72241488111727154172014-03-21T04:00:31.736-07:002014-03-21T04:00:31.736-07:00I suspect the problem is that ignorance is bliss, ...I suspect the problem is that ignorance is bliss, if I write a persuasive argument then they'd actually have to take a position. Let's see if I can. Paul Barfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10443302899233809948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post-48476357389950903372014-03-21T03:09:19.407-07:002014-03-21T03:09:19.407-07:00I must say I am quite surprised with the response ...I must say I am quite surprised with the response you received!<br /> I for one would find your results an interesting read and hope you get your information. <br />BobAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08236328266254481672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post-32320329325261790612014-03-21T02:46:15.051-07:002014-03-21T02:46:15.051-07:00Well, I could get the information at the drop of a...Well, I could get the information at the drop of a hat from my Polish colleagues, but the Roman coin content of a lowland site here is not really all that comparable to that in lowland East Anglia or Oxfordshire. Obviously to have any meaning you'd have to compare like with like as far as possible. It was just the attitude which really annoyed me. As far as I am concerned what they call "spurious arguments" are the arguments to which they have no answer. <br /><br />But they are perfectly welcome to show where the argument (or its factual basis) is wrong when they've read it, that's what we publish them for, but BEFORE they've read what somebody has to say? That seems to me to suggest insecurity more than anything else. <br /><br /><br /><br />Paul Barfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10443302899233809948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post-19274069261194974532014-03-21T02:30:24.988-07:002014-03-21T02:30:24.988-07:00[Is that the real Andy Baines, or the fake one?]
...[<i>Is that the real Andy Baines, or the fake one?</i>]<br /><br />Am I? In my published work you mean? This is for the book I am writing. Yes, I did expect archaeologists to be a bit interested in getting some basic facts and definitions collated and discussed instead of all the usual glib platitudes everyone comes out with. The book of course is not just addressed to a British audience. I'll get the facts, despite attempts to cover up.<br /><br />I am sure when the book is published, there will be no end of folk saying something is "twisted" but then, being in black and white, that rather obliges them to point out exactly where, instead of the usual insinuations and character assassination you lot seem to think is all that is needed to 'fix' the situation.<br /><br />we'll see who has the most persuasive arguments. Paul Barfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10443302899233809948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post-61139960601580254272014-03-21T02:27:44.653-07:002014-03-21T02:27:44.653-07:00Ask in Ireland and France Paul.
Ask in Ireland and France Paul.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post-33025007397629548552014-03-21T02:17:49.520-07:002014-03-21T02:17:49.520-07:00Paul, your notorious for getting information and t...Paul, your notorious for getting information and twisting it. Did you expect anything different than the response you got ? P2Pinvestedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17031753975898233577noreply@blogger.com