Actually you will find the method such as above is an academic standard,
such as if you studied at University.
If I was quoting a text it would look like this (just one of the many
acceptable methods):
"...No-one ever taught you how to quote, did they?..."(1)
In a footnote there then could be:
(1) Trevor A. Prick. {Text title. Date of publication, perhaps page #}
In the bibliography this could be listed again, and the publisher named.
I bought no artefacts back from mainland China. I never have. I never
will. I see you went back and re-read my earlier posts but there is a
detail here you missed. I have purchased in the Hong Kong Special
Autonomous Region but export of artefacts from the Peoples Republic of
China is prohibited. This is not to say I didn't see them or was not
offered them while there at several places. I have purchased nothing of
note on previous trips from Hong Kong either. The bulk of my collection
is from Taiwan (Republic of China).
As far as 'credibility in the archaeological community' it depends what
you think that is.
Just how credible 'with the community' are you Trevor?
I was invited to either reside on the grounds of one Chinese campus,
visit the staff of the provincial museums in another, view a collection
that is not normally viewed by the public at another, I swapped e-mails
with another curator who was simply excited to find a foreigner who
could discuss her musueum pieces with her, I was suggested to make
contacts with another person at another provincial museum, I was gifted
a book by a person from a different provincial museum again. This is not
counting the authors and/or collectors who were not directly employed by
the Chinese government. I was judged by my work and the fact I was
invited. There was no concern from those people whom I told that I
collected antiquities or that the pieces used in my paper were from
private collections. Quite the opposite if anything. Like I said, if you
travel you might find these 'ethics' you are grandstanding are a rather
relative concept.
This does not, although you might think it, make any of these museum or
archaeologist people immoral.
Just not complete arseholes like yourself.
In my own country I have worked with profesional archaeologists both in
field work & recording. I have shown them my Chinese collection when
they visited, as I show to anyone who cares to look. Of my last article
on Chinese bronzes I received a thankyou from the local conservancy
archaeologist whom I sent it to so I feel no peer pressure from upstarts
such as yourself.
I don't know what you mean about "trumped up conferences" either. You
need to pull your head out of your arse.
Perhaps if you ever find yourself invited to China and hosted by the
government then we can discuss this face to face, and you can stand and
shake your finger at the heads of universities and generals of the
Peoples Liberation Army that attended the 'trumped up event'.
You really are a dreary little cocksucker Trevor.
-----Original Message-----
From: ursa_one@bigpond.com [mailto:ursa_one@bigpond.com]
Sent: Thursday, 29 May 2008 2:41 p.m.
To: Ancientartifacts@yahoogroups.com
Cc: Kenneth Blair
Subject: ***SPAM*** Re: [Ancientartifacts] Re: Is there any hope that
common $en$e can prevail?
---- Kenneth Blair <kenneth.blair@chorus.co.nz> wrote:
No-one ever taught you how to quote, did they?
>> "....All apart from the Kiwi freakwit that posted here recently, I
take
>> it...."
>
> And who are you, you pale little turd?
> A collector of toy cars did you say?
You really will need to step it up a notch or two if you want me to take
your ~flaming~ seriously.
> Since all you can do is offer one liners to Dave's post, whatever ones
> feelings on it, you seem to have missed one point that the internal
> market in the mainland is expanding so the Chinese government lacks
the
> sincerity to police their own backyard firstly. Hundreds of Chinese
> auction houses have opened since the 1990's to cater for Chinese
desire
> for undocumented artefacts.
I am aware of this. A very busy industry creating reproductions as well.
I was going to buy some. Changed my mind. I have a brother who lives in
China, quite a few years now. He bought a few things. I criticised him
for purchasing fossil material for his 6 year old son.
> Did you miss my mention of the Yueguo
> private museum in Shaoxing? Chinese purchase artefacts from Taiwan and
> Hong Kong since their appetites are growing and in Chinese cities you
> can find better artefact markets than any outside the country.
> The police are not raiding any of those I have seen, let alone the
> blankets in a flea market that have dirt encrusted bronzes laid out on
> them.
So just how much did you bring back from China? You may have credibility
at some trumped up Conference but I doubt you will in the archaeological
community. Certainly not with your frank admissions.
> As with many things in China, the law does little to crack down on
> illicit activities unless it involves something like a photograph of
the
> Dalai Lama.
Yes and I can see you smugly saying when they do crack down: "Ha! I
managed to get stuff out long before...."
> Trust you Trever and your 'robust debate'. Even Paul suggested you
need
> not inflamme discussion.
Where? I thought it was Robyn. I'll go fer robust debate any day. Mind
you, puerile flaming ain't my thing, generally.
> Simple personal attacks and sarcasm is all you have offered over these
> few weeks, nothing actually insightul or relevent.
> You show yourself to be a total prick who can do little else.
> As an Aussie you should understand what it means to bounce around
> insults.
Why? What will happen?
> Fuck you.
I am sooo hurt by this. I may just cry.
> I would smack you upside the head if you weren't just some dork who
gets
> his jollies by insulting people across cyber-space.
PKB. Are you threatening me with violence? What's "....upside the
head..."?
[Dry] I take it you have no comments re. our Guidelines Project?
Trevor.
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