[meteorite-list] Re: Norton Book burning / giveaway!
From: Notkin <geoking_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:32:47 2004 Message-ID: <v0422080cbc72be4cda11_at_[68.231.131.54]> <x-html><!x-stuff-for-pete id="0"> <!doctype html public "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- blockquote, dl, ul, ol, li { margin-top: 0 ; margin-bottom: 0 } --></style><title>Re: Norton Book burning / giveaway!</title></head><body> <div><font color="#000000">Tom posted:</font></div> <div><font color="#000000"><br></font></div> <div><font color="#000000">> So in conclusion, Richard Norton must have been lazy and did not do any research before writing these books! My suggestion, A big Norton book burning, the books are wrong and if you quote them, you will get nasty emails too!</font></div> <div><font color="#000000"><br></font></div> <div><font color="#000000">Tom, I don't understand your post. </font></div> <div><font color="#000000"><br></font></div> <div><font color="#000000">First you quote some harsh (and almost certainly false) criticisms about Richard Norton's work, and then go on to say you don't agree with them, and are going to keep Richard's books after all. Do you realize that your comments go into the Meteorite List archives permanently, where anyone can read them? What is your purpose in posting this material? I doubt it's news to anyone that there is occasionally an incorrect or apocryphal piece of information even in the best-researched book, and that widely-accepted facts can sometimes later be shown to be inaccurate (look at the debate regarding the authenticity of the "Nakhla dog" reports).</font></div> <div><font color="#000000"><br></font></div> <div><font color="#000000">Richard and Dorothy Norton are among the most well-liked and respected people in the meteorite field, so why would you want to post comments like these -- whether you said them or not? Many collectors became part of the meteorite collecting world specifically because of the Nortons' book, "Rocks from Space." In addition, Richard's articles are widely and regularly published; Dorothy and Richard are both Harvey Award winners; and many List members (including myself) regard them as friends.</font></div> <div><font color="#000000"><br></font></div> <div><font color="#000000">I don't understand why you would send a post to the M-List with "Norton book burning" in the title. Please explain.</font></div> <div><font color="#000000"><br></font></div> <div><font color="#000000"><br></font></div> <div><font color="#000000">Geoff N.</font></div> <div><font color="#000000">www.paleozoic.org</font></div> </body> </html> </x-html> Received on Mon 08 Mar 2004 07:41:44 PM PST |
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