Hello Paul,
Wednesday, Wednesday, March 31, 1999, Paul wrote:
PB> -----Original Message-----
PB> From: Matthew Hill <[log in to unmask]>
PB> To: Arch-theory <[log in to unmask]>
PB> Date: 31 March 1999 02:15
PB> Subject: Re: Soap operas and real life
>>
>>Feeling a little threatened by those who worry about what the public
>>impresssion of archaeology is?
PB> no, i suspect chris, like myself, is simply irritated by the fact that there
PB> are people using an archaeological notice board for expounding the virtues
PB> of a soap-opera with a value set based on new age miltiarism when women and
PB> children in the balkans are being bombed by a military machine operating
PB> with the same set of values. No matter how much anyone tries to dress it
PB> up, star trek is not a modern myth system, it's an american television
PB> programme designed to sell advertising space on tv in exactly the same way
PB> as 'baywatch' or a hundred other programmes of its type. to believe that the
PB> public's perception of archaeology is influenced one jot by star trek is
PB> arrogance beyond belief. or can't star trek fans tell the difference
PB> between fantasy and reality?
PB> paul
So, it is New Age Militarism versus Nazi style ethnic
cleansing?
Regards,
John Dougherty mailto:[log in to unmask]
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