tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3279887958085077691.post8297127237526126910..comments2024-02-22T10:35:12.485-08:00Comments on Cultural Property Observer: The View from Assad's DamascusCultural Property Observerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05924359202414555962noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3279887958085077691.post-91922778751640696532014-12-30T17:20:04.855-08:002014-12-30T17:20:04.855-08:00John Howland's critique of Mr. Barford is perh...John Howland's critique of Mr. Barford is perhaps fully justified. Yet I believe that in my blog post, <br />http://classicalcoins.blogspot.com/2014/12/archaeomania.html ,<br />I made a case for Barford's useful role as a caricature of the archaeomaniac. In that sense he does our cause a service, by taking opposition to it ad absurdum.Dave Welshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07255744164675503973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3279887958085077691.post-82664090680705322572014-12-30T02:20:41.418-08:002014-12-30T02:20:41.418-08:00I have to say that I feel the term 'archaeolog...I have to say that I feel the term 'archaeological blogosphere' is a little too grandiose for anything penned by Paul Barford.<br /><br />He, as an offensive critic of all things collecting, detecting, and Capitalist, expands on, or cribs, the ideas of others. <br /><br />Let's not portray his ideas as somehow intellectual or worthy of serious consideration. Perhaps if he were more influential, important, or someone who had the power to change things, he might be worth serious consideration?<br /><br />Until he achieves that distinction, he will remain in my mind at least, as a modern-day Watt Tyler.<br /><br />Warm regards<br /><br />John Howland<br />England<br /> John Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11752752229384757087noreply@blogger.com