Sorry Jay,
How can a "quality" history be written by an ignorant person? Perhaps
you had better check out the definition of the word "ignorant". I
wouldn't want an ignorant person selling me vegetables, living next
door, nor interpreting my history. But everyone is entitled to his own
opinion.
Gerry
Jay Cunningham wrote:
> Hi Gerry,
>
> >I would prefer my "history" being written by an arrogant
> >professional than by my illiterate cousin.
>
> I tend to think that the quality of the history should be the
> question, not
> the affiliation of the researcher. Just think of how much terrible
> archaeology is done by people with great credentials, and how much
> good
> archaeology is done by advocational groups. Unavoidably, credentials
> become
> a sort of 'short hand' when we don't know enough about a body of
> material,
> but we should at least try to look at what people are saying.
>
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