tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post8334260535026031570..comments2024-03-27T04:46:33.198-07:00Comments on Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: Archaeology Film: "Lockdown is for Mugs, not for Me"Paul Barfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10443302899233809948noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post-44960158328515394442020-05-06T19:47:40.924-07:002020-05-06T19:47:40.924-07:00https://twitter.com/SherineT/status/12582182605138...https://twitter.com/SherineT/status/1258218260513861632/photo/2Paul Barfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10443302899233809948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post-59125415781903868612020-05-06T09:56:57.647-07:002020-05-06T09:56:57.647-07:00As for UK "discouraging facemasks" - the...As for UK "discouraging facemasks" - the pee meme seems not to have been understood over there: https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/gaj2a3/wear_your_mask_the_urine_test/Paul Barfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10443302899233809948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post-90168990483866119182020-05-06T09:17:59.774-07:002020-05-06T09:17:59.774-07:00I am not "wrong", I am expressing my opi...I am not "wrong", I am expressing my opinion about what I see. I see what I see and I say what I think about what I see. He's not going out for "exercise' he's gone out to make a film about his "lockdown wander" (sic)<br /><br />Mr Savin posted a video up on the World Wide Web where it is seen outside the UK including here in Europe where "lockdown" means "lockdown" and where Bonkers Britain and its toytown government's "rules" don't apply. We actually stay at home to save lives, don't mess about and masks are mandatory. I see it from that perspective. <br /><br />Those British rules are seen here (40 million population, 14,740 cases, 730 deaths) as nothing to be proud of (see the story "‘Complacent’ UK draws global criticism for Covid-19 response" in the Guardian today). Mr Savin's filmed antics reek of that complacency. <br /><br />The UK has a population of 66.7 million, but 194,990 cases and 29,427+ DEAD (look that's more than the number of cases in Poland, two thirds the population). With those figures, you can't tell me that you and the "government rules" you put such faith in are getting it "right". Quite obviously they are not enough. <br /><br />And Mr Savin's filmed himself prancing around pointing at bits of field saying he's "in lockdown" (right at the beginning of the film). <br /><br /> Paul Barfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10443302899233809948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post-15869199537063298462020-05-05T13:41:38.644-07:002020-05-05T13:41:38.644-07:00Unfortunately you're wrong. Our rules for lock...Unfortunately you're wrong. Our rules for lockdown are clear and includes daily exercise, as long as you maintain social distancing. Our guidance also currently discourages face masks. So I suggest you take this attack down.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09422261407622883275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post-87457426811129273432020-05-04T21:24:19.154-07:002020-05-04T21:24:19.154-07:00"Myself a favour"? A threat from an anon..."Myself a favour"? A threat from an anonymous poster? My text is not spiteful. The guy who posted this film up on the internet was thoughtless and irresponsible. <br /><br />In the UK,the government has a policy 'stay home save lives' (that it anyway instituted much too late in the stage of development of the pandemic than many EU countries, so the situation there is tragic). <br /><br />All over Europe, people are doing exactly that. Even UK metal detectorists are by and large heeding a NCMD directive [top dozen or so posts here: http://paul-barford.blogspot.com/search?q=NCMD&max-results=20&by-date=true] People's livelihoods are being damaged by adhering to this policy, kids' education disrupted, a lot of people are making huge sacrifices for the common good. But most people see why this policy exists and responsibly buckle down. By it, some countries have already flattened the curve and reduced the deaths. Italy ended its lockdown on the day this video went up after an enormous struggle with the disease with a lot of people suffering privations doing what needed to be done to curb its spread. <br /><br />That some individualist in the UK thinks this does not apply to HIM, because "HE" can "stay safe", and that it is appropriate to FILM himself going out unmasked, pointing out bits of field, and posting it online for everyone to see as a "lockdown wander" is just crass. <br /><br />It makes it look like he is treating lockdown as just a bit of fun, an extended public holiday, like those asinine Floridans who flocked to the beach last week. A UK metal detectorist just did it [https://paul-barford.blogspot.com/2020/04/another-uk-metal-detectorist-being.html]. <br /><br />That this purports to be an archaeology film just makes it worse as far as I am concerned (and is why I discussed it). It is Mr Savin who needs to rethink his attitudes, priorities and responsibilities. <br /><br />Note the number of people both sides of the Atlantic who joined in on Twitter to support Savin's "right" to flaunt the StayHomeSaveLives ethos. How many more imitators will this archaeological film maker encourage? <br /><br />[Mr Savin is perfectly at liberty for himself to explain the "wrongs" of my posts on the anti-Covid response in the UK, as long as we keep it to the bits affected by/affecting the heritage aspects. <br /><br />The post is staying pour encourager les autres.Paul Barfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10443302899233809948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post-89114027241669858192020-05-04T15:42:53.634-07:002020-05-04T15:42:53.634-07:00Do yourself a favour and take this spiteful post d...Do yourself a favour and take this spiteful post down. So many wrong things I can’t spare you the time to list them. Just delete.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16025393857586088972noreply@blogger.com