tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post7695831303644813823..comments2024-03-27T04:46:33.198-07:00Comments on Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: British Archaeological Professionals on Archaeological Values of the PAS Database (II) [UPDATED]Paul Barfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10443302899233809948noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post-47026431138305502762018-11-26T11:07:27.913-08:002018-11-26T11:07:27.913-08:00I think the tragedy is precisely the last, chippin...I think the tragedy is precisely the last, chipping in on behalf of your mates without actually knowing what the discussion is about. I would question whether one can call it an opinion when what you are dealing with is defensiveness and kneejerk reaction. You cannot say that my Mum's "reasons"(I use the term loosely) for voting 'leave' are actually an opinion, she had and has no idea at all about what Brexit actually entails - except it will be "fewer darkies". You can see on that thread less any kind of reasoned argument than a simple prejudice against an author (an "Other", like my Mum's "darkies"). In any case, the place for comments on what I said is here, and not on any "Facebook" page of an external organization totally unrelated to this blog, that only leads to confusion - but one might legitimately surmise that sowing confusion is what lies behind those that levered the Leave sentiments as well as the jobsworth arkies desperately defending the jobs of 36 FLOs by obfuscating the issues over PAS. Unsupported naysaying is enough for them, they have no further ambitions than to confuse and divide. <br /> Paul Barfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10443302899233809948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post-34903957356895465952018-11-25T04:27:09.416-08:002018-11-25T04:27:09.416-08:00Wow. It's staggering that an academic doesn...Wow. It's staggering that an academic doesn't seem to be able to read, comprehend and then reply in a similar manner as the original post. <br />I've followed this blog for a few years now and various detractors have claimed it is inaccurate, fake, full of half truths, yet I have never actually seen any of these claims substantiated with any sort of reference to supporting evidence. You can sort of forgive the 'citizen archaeologists' to some extent as they are less likely to be familiar with the 'academic convention' where rebuttal arguments should be supported by referenced material (whether published papers or pers comms including posts on forums and social media) but a bona fide academic??<br /><br />What we seem to be getting is unsupported opinion of those trading on their title or academic institutions reputation and not a considered, supported, referenced rebuttal.( Or reading between the lines -chipping in on their mates behalf without thinking it through).Hougenaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13572432580825010946noreply@blogger.com