Kenneth Blair writes:
> But I am talking to you, not Paul. <
Well actually you are not writing to him off-list so in fact you are addressing us all. Perhaps you think this hobby is practiced by mainly by male dockyard workers and lorrydrivers, so you don't have to observe the standards of decorum and language use that you would if there was a chance ladies and minors might be visiting the forum.
> But I am talking to you, not Paul. <
Well actually you are not writing to him off-list so in fact you are addressing us all. Perhaps you think this hobby is practiced by mainly by male dockyard workers and lorrydrivers, so you don't have to observe the standards of decorum and language use that you would if there was a chance ladies and minors might be visiting the forum.
> Certainly an ignoramus like yourself is unlikely to provide
> any new revelation to me about the situation in China.<
Who was it who was berating me for "not listening" to other opinions?
Who was it who was berating me for "not listening" to other opinions?
It seems to me reading all this, that what in fact you are "saving" archaeological items taken from Chinese soil from is falling into the hands of Chinese collectors. This is what you describe in an earlier message as a "rather concerning trend". You write "Less and less of these are about for Westerners".
So, the message going out is that as citizens of developed western states collectors don't have to respect foreign laws, but here we see the further idea embodied that you should have the same RIGHTs as those foreign citizens to your own little bits of THEIR heritage. If the Chinese can collect, so can you, eh? Universalism rools OK, since it means you don't have to play by the other's rules or even recognise they exist.
I suggest adding something to the Responsible Collectors' Code on the lines of having a thought for the needs of the citizens of the "source countries" with regard to their own heritage whether or not they are collectors.
Paul Barford
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