[meteorite-list] BCC "Meteorites" [was Milestones] PLEASE READ
From: stan . <laser_maniac_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue Nov 23 03:05:04 2004 Message-ID: <BAY101-F3977639EE5FEEA3D7BBF0EF0C70_at_phx.gbl> werent YOU removed from the list? >From: "McomeMeteorite Meteorite" <meteorites_at_hotmail.com> >To: geoking_at_notkin.net, meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com >Subject: RE: [meteorite-list] BCC "Meteorites" [was Milestones] PLEASE READ >Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2004 08:41:00 +0100 > >I hope Jones remove this 2 liars from the list > > > >>From: "Notkin" <geoking_at_notkin.net> >>To: meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com >>Subject: [meteorite-list] BCC "Meteorites" [was Milestones] PLEASE READ >>Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2004 22:31:19 -0700 >> >><x-rich><fixed>Jonathan posted: >> >> >>> I'm back on the list. What is BCC meteorites about? I have heard a lot >>>about it and read their site but I still don't understand. Odd. >> >> >> >>Dear Jonathan and Fellow Listees: >> >> >>Jonathan, yes you are absolutely right. It is very "odd" and nobody else >>understands their site either because their site is nonsense. >> >> >>I would like all my fellow List members to be made aware of something >>important: These BCC "Meteorites" characters filed an actual lawsuit >>against a number of prominent, respected and very well-liked senior >>meteoriticists here in the U.S (one of whom is a personal friend of mine). >>The suit was -- of course -- thrown out by the judge for being utterly >>frivolous. It's just too bad these clowns weren't heavily fined for >>wasting court time. >> >> >>BCC "Meteorites" seems to believe that there's some kind of high-level >>conspiracy/cover-up going on between NASA and major meteoritical >>institutions -- all because BCC "Meteorites" have been told (nicely and >>repeatedly) that the junk items they dig out of their bog, or whatever, in >>Texas are not actually fossilized alien brains, UFO warp core spare parts, >>Lunar meteorites, Dick Tracy wrist watch radios, etc., but just plain old >>dull terrestrial rocks. I think we all enjoy a good eccentric, and the >>whole thing would have been somewhat amusing in a "Benny Hill" sort of way >>if these guys hadn't been really nasty to some really nice people during >>their imaginary scientific journey. >> >> >>We have our squabbles on the List from time to time, but we are all united >>in our interest in the SCIENCE of meteoritics. The >>technobabble/gobbledygook pseudo-science offered up on the BCC >>"Meteorites" website -- and written, I might add, in appalling elementary >>school English so laden with spelling errors and grammatical mistakes that >>you couldn't follow their argument even if it *were* sound -- should not >>be allowed promotion here on the Meteorite List. Novice collectors, still >>learning about meteorites, might be hoodwinked into believing some of the >>fatuous claims that are made on the BCC website. >> >> >>So, I strongly suggest that we -- as a community -- block the email >>addresses of these guys DeRusse and Cutler immediately and permanently. >>They just want attention, and the best way to eradicate this kind of fake >>science rubbish is to ignore the perpetrators entirely. They'll likely get >>bored and wander off to some UFO conspiracy theory/Creationist mailing >>list of which -- unfortunately -- there are probably several. A request >>from a few of you to List Moderator Art Jones ( >>listman_at_meteoritecentral.com ) to have them removed from the List wouldn't >>hurt either. >> >> >>Oh, and BTW, if you look at the first photo on their website, the guy with >>the white gloves looks like "Dr. No." : ) >> >> >> >>Not at all respectfully, >> >> >>Geoff Notkin >> >>Science writer interested in actual science and real >>meteorites</fixed></x-rich> >> >>______________________________________________ >>Meteorite-list mailing list >>Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com >>http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > >_________________________________________________________________ >Blocca le pop-up pubblicitarie con MSN Toolbar! http://toolbar.msn.it/ > >______________________________________________ >Meteorite-list mailing list >Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com >http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list Received on Tue 23 Nov 2004 03:04:08 AM PST |
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