Nobody was "castigating" anyone for having "extra money" nor for wanting to
support Mr Pettigrew, what I find somewhat disturbing is the form in which a
suspicious-looking request for MY money reached me through an academic
discussion list (look at our address).
Paul Barford
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Subject: Re: [ArchTheoMeth] The Value of Archaeology -- from TAC
> There are a number of archaeologists that come into the field with money
> inherited from their family (and no, I am not one of them). It is, in my
> opinion, grossly unfair to these individuals to imply that they are
involved
> in less than legitimate activities simply because they have the extra
money
> to do something like this. And, $1000.00 is not that huge a sum of money,
> even for an archaeologists (unless we are talking about a student).
>
> They should be applauded for the willingness to use their wealth to
contribute
> to a project devoted to educating the public about archaeology, rather
than
> castigated for having some extra money.
>
> Jeff Baker
>
> P.S. I have nothing to do with the archaeology channel, nor have I ever
contributed
> or benefited in any way from that organization. I have examined a couple
> of their programs and found them interesting.
>
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