tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post865443299411439347..comments2024-03-27T04:46:33.198-07:00Comments on Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: Essex Tekkie "Eagle1"Paul Barfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10443302899233809948noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post-36247899625345666162011-12-10T14:57:26.277-08:002011-12-10T14:57:26.277-08:00yes, he generally does (glad he's on my side a...yes, he generally does (glad he's on my side and not with the despoilers)Paul Barfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10443302899233809948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post-30841156893004961122011-12-10T12:11:46.770-08:002011-12-10T12:11:46.770-08:00God points wel made Heritage Action.God points wel made Heritage Action.Cartouche1953https://www.blogger.com/profile/14842350705996025607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post-25309551369085392202011-12-09T19:43:18.761-08:002011-12-09T19:43:18.761-08:00I agree. It leads to some very strange situations....I agree. It leads to some very strange situations. Consider this -<br /><br />http://www.activchelmsford.com/news/detail/EssexPolicetosupportIvorycampaign-4867.html<br /><br />“Pc Andy Long, Essex Police’s Wildlife & Environmental Crime Officer for the Kent and Essex Serious Crime Directorate, said: "We are in full support of this initiative. The fact that ivory is still being unlawfully traded is of growing concern and needs to be dealt with. I urge anyone with ivory items they no longer want to surrender them as part of this scheme. I would also ask people not to buy ivory, as it can fuel the poaching trade and fund other criminality.” <br /><br /><br />Observers might care to note that PC Long is not an elephant hunter or ivory trader himself and did not announce that “the police are not looking to criminalise people needlessly. All I want is for the illicit ivory to be declared, a decent article in the Elephant Hunters’ Gazette and the reputation of you elephant hunters to be restored. I am your friend not your enemy and do not want to see elephant hunting needlessly tarnished!"<br /><br />- Nor should he have.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post-34703241027970318132011-12-09T13:47:27.529-08:002011-12-09T13:47:27.529-08:00Well, I did not say it was "strange", bu...Well, I did not say it was "strange", but I do think it is a potential conflict of interest and I feel it would be better if public servants in the UK were not involved in heritage-erosive activities such as artefact hunting.Paul Barfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10443302899233809948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post-25814911231887360642011-12-09T13:14:07.611-08:002011-12-09T13:14:07.611-08:00Hmmm, it does seem a bit strange but then again,th...Hmmm, it does seem a bit strange but then again,the policeman who charged me with driving with undue care and attention was also a car driver himself and in a police car.Cartouche1953https://www.blogger.com/profile/14842350705996025607noreply@blogger.com