Re: KRS: Final thoughts



"m_zalar@xxxxxxxxxxx" wrote:
>
> Seppo Renfors wrote:
> > Michael, and excellent article, though overly "conservative" - people
> > have been sentence to death by the Courts on much less proof than you
> > present, and is available for the KRS being genuine - added to that is
> > the equal LACK of evidence of it being a fake - most noteworthy is the
> > total lack of a motive.
>
> As I mentioned in the article, lack of motive (either by forger or by
> 14th century runesmith) cannot really be considered objective evidence.
> We cant peer into the mind of either and some people do some really
> odd things for no apparent reason. However, I do find the motivation
> for a forger 'challenging'.

The motive for the existence of the stone in the 14th century does
exist - it is the stone itself and the story it tells. So as far as
that goes it does exist.

However for a forgery or a "fake" a motive is essential. While this is
so, the lack of it on its own isn't fatal to a claim of fake, but is
in conjunction with a total lack of evidence in other aspects (being
those than can date the stone) to support the claim of "fake". Add to
that overwhelming evidence to support it being genuine, as that which
you presented, is fatal to any claim of "fake". The "motive" question
becomes redundant.

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