[BenLurkin]

Too many laws.

[BenLurkin]

Government gone wild ping.

[JRandomFreeper]

for committing the crimes against history.

K. That's a new one for me. I'll have to study up on exactly how to do that.

/johnny

[E. Pluribus Unum]

So far, law enforcement has arrested 30 people for committing the crimes against history.

"There's no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws.

"Atlas Shrugged," by Ayn Rand

[GeronL]

Crimes against history?

They were probably charged with trespassing and criminal mischief and theft of something or another.

[Noumenon]

Crimes against history? I’d like to report an ongoing series of these taking place at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave, Washington, DC

[DManA]

at least 20 years since anyone has seen the formerly remote underwater caverns that have been exposed by the historic drought.

Uh, did there happen to be an historic drought 20 years ago? that is 1990?

It may be a sign I'm getting old but 20 years doesn't seem really historic to me.

[Average Al]

'The 955-acre park is located near the ruins of Towash Village, an early Texas settlement named for the chief of Hainai Indians, who moved into the region in 1934."

My dad has socks older than this! ;-)

[Gettin Betta]

“crimes against history”

Isnt that what they charged Dan Rather with? ;)

[waterhill]

I think its pretty ridiculous. Is it because its in a State Park?

There are literally thousands of burial sites and millions of points/arrowheads to be found up and down the Brazos River basin.

I saw some locals the other day at Cedar Creek Lake searching for points and no cops were harassing them.

[toomanylaws]

Too many laws, yes.

[JimSEA]

I can understand them not wanting folks to scavenge Indian ruins but the headline suggests it is illegal to hunt fossils????? That’s a new and ominous law to me. Also I can’t see the harm in picking up an arrowhead as long as it is on the surface and you don’t dig.

[familyop]

Lake Whitney’s not that old. It’s an Army Corps of Engineers reservoir, made in 1951.

[familyop]

That’s when the dam was completed, BTW.

[Figment]

What would have happened say ten years ago if a swimmer found these relics underwater?

[goat granny]

What if the tools found were from ancient vikings? Who owns them, I say the finder always....If you know nothing about it, it cannot be yours....finders keepers, losers weepers....(from my childhood) GG

If your ancestors didn't tell you where such finds were, they aren't yours or your ancestors....

If they are from indian artifacts, which tribe, as many tribes have wanders the country....again, belongs to the finder.....Others should have no claim on them....

[Arrowhead1952]

I may have to “surface hunt” at the parks this weekend!

[SuzyQue]

You might ought to read this one.

[Condor51]

So far, law enforcement has arrested 30 people for committing the crimes against history.

'Crimes Against History'? Oh really?

Then I suggest the Gubmint start rounding up the minimum of the 4,084₍₁₎ History Professors in the USA. As every one of the commie bast**ds commits a crime by distorting 'History'.

(1) Per searching 'Google Answers', there are 4,084 colleges & universities in the USA. Giving each 'college' one prof would be 4,084 (natch there are more than One Prof per school)

[El Sordo]

We see this happen along the Columbia and Snake Rivers during unusually low water levels.

Archaeological sites get looted and the history is lost.