To him, it has both. Since the handle and the head have not been replaced at the
same time, there is a continuum that has never been broken. A level of use and
familiarity that is directly linked to the past.

G. Hopper

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Ruth Barton wrote:

> OK you alls from the big cities, I got a ? for ya.  You alls have heard the
> story about the old fella that was real attached to his "old ax."  He said
> the handle had been replaced 5 times and the blade twice but it was so good
> to have an old fashioned tool that lasted so well.  Now for the ?, does his
> ax have either integrity or authenticity?  Ruth
>
> At 7:28 AM -0600 3/22/01, Score, Robert wrote:
> >If integrity can be reproduced, does that mean that a reconstructed copy of
> >a building has the same integrity as the original. If that is the case then
> >Disney World  would have 5/8th the integrity of the countries in euroupe
> >which it so smartly copies at 5/8th scale or colonial williamsburg has the
> >same integrity as it would if it were original. Unfortunatly, it seems to me
> >that once integrity or authenticity is carelessly destroyed it is at best
> >greatly reduced from its original, no matter how good the recreation. That
> >is the premisis of preserving structures inlieu of letting them go to pot
> >and then recreating them when it is convient.
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Robert Cagnetta [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> >Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2001 5:59 AM
> >To: [log in to unmask]
> >Subject: Re: Authenticity vs. integrity
> >
> >
> >Integrity can be reproduced, authenticity cannot.
>
> --
> Ruth Barton
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> Westminster, VT
> Remember in November