John Hooker FSA
says his blog "Past Times and Present Tensions" welcomes "c
ontent-rich comments with
information about the subject matter". But it seems to me that the material he publishes seems more intent on fanning the flames, rather than discussing those
'tensions' in any mature and useful way. A post on the effects of metal
fragments accidentally incorporated into compost on geophysical
techniques is accompanied by a comment of pre-teen drollness:
"Green Waste, eh? In Poland I'm told, it is referred to as 'Barford'.
An
attempt to draw attention to the hypocrisy of the use of such remarks in the context of the wider discussion only met with some
Hookerian mumbo-jumbo about Eugenics and the UN,
tekkie taunts and exhortations to "
keep the Red Flag flying high. Ha ha ha ha hah!". Hooker adds this gem:
Sooner or later, archaeological
wrongdoing and lack of ethics will be exposed by some journalist with a
lot of clout and will make governments really wake up and take a look at
what has been happening in the world for a long time. Until that day,
we can only chip away at it, bit by bit, until it gets the attention it
warrants.
The question is, if this chip-on-the-shoulder
ad-hominem junk is the calibre of the 'arguments' that these buffoons have to offer, why anyone at all should pay any attention whatsoever to anything they have to say. I guess they will be left dreaming in cliquey isolation of their own self-righteousness for a long time yet.
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