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Re: Ancient sites: Protect or Use?
Jun 27, 2007, 20:04
Mustard wrote:
CianMcLiam wrote:
Some landowners no longer allow access because they are tired of clearing up 'offerings', everyone gets tarred with the same brush as the thoughtless.

But that's not the point at hand.


Of course it is. It's the basis for the whole argument. People don't like tat left lying around, full stop.

Mustard wrote:
For the most part, an admirable attitude. But perhaps the people who leave "tat" lying around don't consider it to be a problem, and perhaps they don't believe that doing so implies "special rights". And perhaps, just perhaps, if you didn't judge them so quickly, you'd stand a good chance of having a pleasant conversation with them and winning them round to your point of view, once you've convinced them of the logic of your argument.


Meaning someone has to police every site every day. Someone with persuasive tones, someone who can take abuse, someone with training in self-defence. All for free, and no uniform supplied.

A sign would be more official, and would certainly get the message across better than someone preaching their message at everyone who dropped anything or left an offering.

Maybe you could wear a t-shirt saying "Tat? No Thanks", I'm sure that would get the message across admirably. And save you being abused by every third person who's behaviour you 'corrected'.
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