tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post9098326508310050031..comments2024-03-27T04:46:33.198-07:00Comments on Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: Working With and not Demonising the Market in Portable Antiquities?Paul Barfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10443302899233809948noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post-12613562206829809332009-06-29T23:54:49.717-07:002009-06-29T23:54:49.717-07:00"to present a solution to the collectors on a..."to present a solution to the collectors on a plate (like setting up recording systems..."<br /><br />Please, no more recording systems on the PAS model! As of right now, by our reckoning, 3,645,981 recordable artefacts have been removed from Britain's archaeological record since PAS was set up and well over 3 million of them weren't shown to PAS!<br /><br />Providing State financed veils of respectability for the ethically-challenged merely facilitates a continuation of unethical behaviour it seems. The clear lesson provided by PAS is that it would be better to encourage self-regulation to achieve ethicality and, if that fails, work towards imposing it by law. <br /><br />It is hardly tyranny, just a legal requirement for a piece of paper to accompany each sale, much like with cars! Beware opposition to such a proposal, there has to be a hidden reason.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com