Re: Amerindian navigators and Eurocentrism in scholarship

[dweller@ramtops.demon.co.uk (Doug Weller)]

On 12 Sep 1997 16:34:42 GMT, in sci.archaeology.mesoamerican, Yuri Kuchinsky
wrote:

>Bernard Ortiz de Montellano (bortiz@earthlink.net) wrote:
>: In article <5v7uj4$l3p$1@titan.globalserve.net>, yuku@globalserve.net
>: (Yuri Kuchinsky 17784) wrote:
>

>: One more
>: time-- let us not forget that we have repeatedly asked Yuri for citations
>: by the scholars who actually excavated and found *C. moneta* cowrie shells
>: in an Adena culture mound.
>
>Trying to change the subject?

No, he's trying very hard to keep you on one subject without jumping around.

[SNIP]

>: Do not keep
>: going to new topics before we settle this question-- or retract the claim.
>
>Here we see very clearly how Bernard operates. His style has nothing to do
>with true scholarship which is all about FINDING THE TRUTH. I wonder if
>Bernard cares about the truth even a little bit...

Here we have Yuri, who asks people not to use ad hominems, making another nasty
personal attack on someone.

[SNIP]

>
>And not only that... It seems that Bernard is now gone to the extreme of
>actually trying to FORBID me to explore other related issues until I can
>provide the information that he imperiously commanded me to provide for
>him! And why should I bother at all, seeing how negative and unscholarly
>his attitude is?

No, he's trying to get you to concentrate instead of posting randomly on a wide
range of subjects whenever you read something new.  Your concept of scholarship
is a bit strange -- but then you think everyone else is wrong.  If you want to
discuss cowrie shells, fine. But be prepared to discuss them, not run away when
people ask for evidence.  In a nutshell <G> put up or shut up. 

>This is in very poor form, Bernard. I think you've demonstrated
>conclusively that you care very little about the historical truth.

You're a boor, Yuri.

Doug