Greg, you wrote to Museum-L:

<Please tell me if I'm out of line...again...>

I tried to send you off-list my response:

You're not.  Right on - I too cringed at the posts you refer to.
Kia kaha, kia manawanui.

but my machine tells me it cannot locate your host [log in to unmask],nz

Should that be pbc (for Poverty Bay something?)

Stuart Park
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa,
Wellington, New Zealand.
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