[meteorite-list] Offensive Postings was Questionable Ebay Listings

From: Jason Utas <meteoritekid_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2010 15:51:06 -0700
Message-ID: <o2w93aaac891004241551o4b73ad69ub419635f2b58b765_at_mail.gmail.com>

Oh, Elton - it sounds like you have a beef with Brian, and he's really
a good guy who has no problem with Mike.

I agree - the whore comment was a bit off-color, but I don't see your
justification for ragging on a list-member for making fun of yet
another person trying to cash in on...what looks to be a piece of
granite from the remaining piece still up on their page.

A single line expressing your point off-list would have sufficed.

The only reason I'm replying here is because you publicly accused
Brian of going around and insulting Michael Farmer on literally no
grounds whatsoever. Brian's been a longtime collector and list-member
for *years.* Just because he doesn't post often doesn't mean he's not
there.
And having spoken with him fairly regularly for the past several
months off-list, I can assure you that he would simply have no reason
to take a stab at Mike. You might as well accuse a random collector
out there.
Well, seems like you are.

You've got to admit that it's a little frustrating to see all of these
people showing a marked lack of concern for the authenticity of their
wares. As an amateur fossil-hunter, regardless of what I found, if I
thought I found a fossil, I wouldn't turn it around on ebay after
finding it - especially without getting it authenticated by an expert
somewhere.

These people are looking for a quick buck, and their lack of respect
for the knowledge and hard-earned money of others does, in my opinion,
say many things about them, none of them good.

Damn, man. It's always got to be *someone* with you...

Jason

On Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 8:39 AM, MstrEman <mstreman at gmail.com> wrote:
> Brian Cox wrote:
>
> ?"...I will certainly try to be as respectful in my opinions and I
> request that everyone else be respectful of one another."
>
> One wonders how the same person could justify this post of in light of
> the above admonition for the list to be respectful?
>
> "She sounds like an old whore from the "Bunny Ranch( sic)" who is
> selling the meteorites a "Date" paid her for services rendered to pay
> for a face and body lift and resculpting".
>
> AS to the conclusion that any woman is a whore because she lives in
> Nevada--Well that is flabbergastingly offensive. ?It is not funny but
> insightful as to who he is inside. ?The members of this list need to
> have a deep, abiding trust in the integrity of the people they do
> business with--or take advice from. ? At the core of that trust will
> be the material they sell is what it is claimed to be. ?This we gauge
> from demeanor and message traffic; especially using poor satire in an
> inappropriate context.
>
> We can see that know " he don't know squat" about meteorites but his
> implication that ?all women are whores may be more experience-based
> even if more offensive.. ?People tend to frame their assumptions in
> the framework of experiences they are familiar with. ? ?Of course he
> knows his mother -- I don't... ?but I hope she would be offended by
> that post as well.
>
> Is it a coincidence that the occurrence of a rash of a prankster /
> cyber terrorist activity coincides with Cox's arrival? ?Inquiring
> minds want to know...
>
> Elton
>
> "Being an expert in Sh*t does not make one an expert in Shinola TM"
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Received on Sat 24 Apr 2010 06:51:06 PM PDT