Re: Kensington runestone in the Scandinavian press

On Sun, 05 Jun 2005 21:14:52 -0500, Tom McDonald
<tmcdonald2672@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Eric Stevens wrote:
>> On Sun, 5 Jun 2005 12:21:11 +0200, "Alaca" <P.Alaca@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Eric Stevens wrote: 21f5a1p7dcq51rjqtidu5eu2vg1vh0uioe@xxxxxxx,
>>>
>>>>"Alaca" wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>David Johnson wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>Or, IOW, the whole tree root digression is pointless, even by the
>>>>>>rather low standards of KRS discussions...
>>>>>>
>>>>>>David
>>>>>
>>>>>That is correct.
>>>>>It was only relevant in the search for a perpetrator.
>>>>
>>>>A parallel line of enquiry relates as to when it was perpetrated. This
>>>>bears directly on the question of the authenticity of the KRS.
>>>
>>>No, tree age and rootmarks are useless as dating-
>>>and authenticity tools and therefore irrelevant in the
>>>KRS discussion.
>>>It was only relevant once for the question if it was
>>>possible that the finder made de KRS in the 27 (?)
>>>preceding years.
>>>If that was possible or not says nothing about the
>>>authenticity of the stone.
>>
>>
>> The favourite forger in the minds of most people was Olaf Ohman. If he
>> didn't do it then it is much more difficult to identify a potential
>> forger. If one's forger remains no more than a hypothesis, built
>> around an unknown person, for the existence of whom there is no
>> evidence, then it is that much harder to claim the stone is a forgery.
>
> Not so. It may be harder to build a convincing case against a
>particular person or persons; but the issue of authenticity or
>forgery is not much affected by the knowledge, or lack of same,
>of a potential forger.

I agree. However, IMHO the issue of authenticity remains up in the air
and is likely to do so for some thime to come. The matter will be
neatly resolved if it can be shown that the KRS was forged by XXXX.
But no XXXX around which to build a hypothseis - and then what?
>
> Just look at the controversy that has swirled around Ohman as
>the forger. In some ways, separating the issue of
>authenticity/forgery from the issue of whodunnit simplifies the
>process, and makes it easier to approach the main issue
>scientifically and dispassionately.

Why do some people seem to find that so hard to do?




Eric Stevens

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