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Re: [CrazyPetie] They found your secret crag, Cumberland RD:
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Tree_wrangler
Feb 5, 2009, 6:59 PM
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Well, I won't pretend that I don't think that there is a lot of BS when it comes to archaeology (did you know that ANYTHING man made older than 50 years is protected by ARPA? I once watched an archaologist just melt over some fish-bait jars from 1943) But, to address this more specifically: 1) The cave, it's use, it's recognition as a cultural resource, etc. all predate your sport. In a sport where "respect the Original user (i.e. FA party) is the ultimate truth, this would be no different. 2) You're assuming that the Natives are done using it. That must be based on an assumption that they are dead and gone, which they are not. Their use and rights to the site predate yours. 3)
In reply to: I mean if they were that concerned about it they should be digging and researching and such. The Sistine Chapel has no research of the kind you're referring to. There is no research to be done, because it's all a matter of recorded history. Therefore, it is now open for random dinks to place rock protection on the walls, since it's just some arbitrary BS that caused it to be protected, and no research remains. Just because we understand something, doesn't mean that it has lost value. In many cases, it has value only BECAUSE we already understand it. Relict dwellings would fit that category. You don't necessarily have ANY right to be there at all, let alone climb there. And you really have no legitimate rationale to argue that point. You do share the world with other interest groups after all.
(This post was edited by Tree_wrangler on Feb 5, 2009, 7:04 PM)
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Post edited by Tree_wrangler
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