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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 ----- Original Message ----- From: <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Sunday, June 23, 2002 2:21 AM 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. >