On Fri, 11 Nov 1994 16:15:02 -0700, JOHNSON ROBERT LEON wrote:
OK, enough dissing us all for subjectively described specifics.  Have you
ever considered those archaeologists who actually help change or improve
the lots of various individuals?  There are numerous archaeologists who do
just this, quietly, without the hoopla you seem to like so much, and who
are lumped by certain small sections of society as whole-hearted butchers.
I think you would do well to look more closely at those you label, you may
well find something other than you expect.  This, of course, unless you are
so locked into a particular dogma that nothing can alter your course.  In
this case, you have my regrets, but not my sympathy.
 
 
 
 
>DEAR SCOTT,
>        YOU HAVE PROVIDED THE USUAL MASTABATORY RESPONSE ONE CAN EXPECT
>FROM THOSE SUFFERING THE USUAL TUNNEL VISION PROGRAMED INTO
>ARCHAEOLOGISTS VICTIM TO THE SHATTERED DISCIPLINE ANTHROPOLOGY IS TODAY.
>IT MAKES ONE LONG FOR THE EUROPEAN SYSTEM WHICH HAS STRICT DIVISION
>BETWEEN ARCHAEOLOGY AND ANTHROPOLOGY. YOU SUFFER FROM THE EXCESS OF
>INTER-SUBJECTIVITY OF THOSE ARCHAEOLOGISTS UNAWARE THAT NATIVE AMERICANS
>WILL CONTROL ARCHAEOLOGY IN THIS COUNTRY AS WELL AS A CONCERTED INABILITY
>TO DEAL WITH THE ISSUE OF MURDER OF THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF THE THIRD
>WORLD COUNTRIES YOUR ILK FINDS NO COMPUNCTION IN DEALING WITH. AT LEAST
>PAYSON SHEETS GOES TO THE TROUBLE TO THROW UP THE SMOKESCREEN OF
>INDIGENOUS APPROVAL FROM THE FELLOW TRAVELERS OF THE REGIME IN EL
>SALVADOR. IS IT THAT YOU CLOAK YOURSELF FROM MORAL CONFRONTATION IN THE
>SEMANTICS OF DESCRIBING WHAT I SAID AS A SERMAN. YOU REALLY DON'T HAVE A
>GENUINE RESPONSE. I GUESS THAT THE ISSUE IS ONE BEYOND YOUR EDUCATIONAL
>ABILITY TO DEAL WITH. HOPEFULLY SOMEONE WILL TATLE AND CALL PAYSON SO HE
>CAN AT LEAST HAVE A SEMBLANCE OF ADEQUATE DEFENCE.
John Staeck, aka Janos           Life is uncertain, eat dessert first.
Luther College, Anthropology
Decorah, IA, 52101
319-387-1284