tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3638837144278661276.post787183194151483517..comments2008-04-21T09:36:28.218-04:00Dr. Kimberle Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18392874291967161696noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3638837144278661276.post-59040240770166907802008-04-16T12:25:00.000-04:002008-04-16T12:25:00.000-04:00All members of SAFE and indeed the general public should vigorously respond to articles such as this and a related one in Newsweek lauding antiquities as the latest, most fashionalble "investment opportunities" as highly irresponsible & ignorant.<BR/><BR/>Letters to the editors, public discussions, signing petitions, contacting your Congresspersons,blog postings--we need to take a social marketing perspective to raise public awareness & ultimately change behavior--that this is uncool, and as destructive socially & ethically as for example, buying products using sealskins obtained from Canada'a brutal seal hunt.Cynthia Bateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05350352175012154552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3638837144278661276.post-32634340251383883612008-01-21T07:48:00.000-05:002008-01-21T07:48:00.000-05:00The Reuters <A HREF="http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1693792,00.html" REL="nofollow">photograph</A> is interesting as it shows ungloved hands. Surely somebody should have been taking simple conservation safeguards? Whose hands were they?David Gillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13164794689385933318noreply@blogger.com