Re: Spirit Pond, Maine

From: Steve Marcus (smarcus_spamout__at_cox.net)
Date: 10/19/04 

Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2004 05:38:48 -0400

"Michael Zalar" <m_zalar@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> "Steve Marcus" <smarcus_spamout_@cox.net> wrote in message
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> > "Eric Stevens" <eric.stevens@sum.co.nz> wrote in message
> > news:n22tl09is5hd3a4ftmnj0r5k0bb9trjnr9@4ax.com...
> > > On 1 Oct 2004 15:05:05 GMT, Philip Deitiker <Nopdeitik@att.net.Spam>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > >In sci.archaeology, Eric Stevens created a message ID
> > > >news:p1upl0th703il87fctvhhdscm4v2gdj8su@4ax.com:
> > > >
> > > >> On Fri, 01 Oct 2004 01:28:33 GMT, Philip Deitiker
> > > >> <Donevenask@worlnet.att.net> wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >>>Eric Stevens <eric.stevens@sum.co.nz> says in
> > > >>>news:2i1pl0tiupu21gbjt813cim7ln6d9nbaev@4ax.com:
> > > >>>
> > > >>>> I would stay away from the exhaust of that fume cupboard,
> > > >>>> if I were you.
> > > >>>
> > > >>>So you admit the KRS was rather large for not having any
> > > >>>of the typical runic artistry on it.
> > > >>>
> > > >>>lol.
> > > >>
> > > >> Stick to the subject.
> > > >>
> > > >> 'Spirit Pond', Philip, 'Spirit Pond".
> > > >
> > > >'Another hoax', Eric 'Another hoax'
> > >
> > >
> > > Maybe. But the stones need more genuine study before that can be said
> > > with confidence.
> >
> > They have been studied, and you ought to know it, since you claim to own
the
> > book "Vikings: The North Atlantic Saga." Of course, the book is 400
pages,
> > exclusive of bibliography and index, and you claim to be unable to read
a
> > Usenet post longer than 20 lines, so ....
> >
> > On the other hand, you are quite fond of dismissing peer reviewed and
> > referenced scholarship, such as set forth in the above book, while
> > simultaneously crediting the lies posted by Inger. So perhaps you have
read
> > the above book, and simply choose to disregard it. In that case, what
sort
> > of genuine study will you credit? Besides anything that Inger posts,
that
> > is.
> >
> > Steve
> > --
>
> I dont believe that Vikings... was peer reviewed. Certainly there
> were numerous errors in the text regarding the KRS, which were later
> admitted (and in some few instances corrected.)

Nonsense. The scholars listed in the book authored articlesthat they simply
made stuff up, and the Smithsonian published it all without checking any of
it through a peer review process.

You seem to think that peer review means "error free." I don't, and no one
else does either.

Steve 

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>
> Michael
>
>
> > The above posting is neither a legal opinion nor legal advice,
> > because we do not have an attorney-client relationship, and
> > should not be construed as either.  This posting does not
> > represent the opinion of my employer, but is merely my personal
> > view.  To reply, delete _spamout_ and replace with the numeral 3
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Eric Stevens
> > >

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