In the public forum, archaeologists have to deal with both of these issues, especially in North America. It would be a mistake to exclude these issues from discussion. Mitakuye Oyasin, John Norder University of Michigan Department of Anthropology [log in to unmask] On Fri, 24 Feb 1995, ROBIN O MILLS wrote: > In reply to the comments being made about the "alleged" voting down of > the 4th amendment: I've found the two topics which cannot usually be > dealt with in a public forum without it degrading into a shouting match > is personal preferences in (1) religion, and (2) politics. This is > an archaeological list discussion group. Unless directly related to > archaeological concerns, let's try to keep these 2 topics off the > list, hey? > R. Mills > [log in to unmask] >