Excuse me, Gerry, but didn't Jay use the word "arrogant" and not as you say
"ignorant"?? Or have I missed something here?
Orion
At 11:26 AM 12/13/1999 -0800, you wrote:
>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
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>Jay Cunningham wrote:
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>> 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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