[meteorite-list] OFF LIST: BLM and Meteorite Recovery Policy
From: GREG LINDH <geeg48_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2012 23:52:40 -0700 Message-ID: <BLU169-W3A1FF56B09A8364970BCAC9490_at_phx.gbl> Very nice post, Jodie......seriously. Greg L. > Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2012 14:38:35 -0800 > From: spacerocks at spaceballoon.org > To: nick.gessler at duke.edu > CC: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com; doug at dougross.net > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] OFF LIST: BLM and Meteorite Recovery Policy > > Hi Nick, > > You agree that the people should fear their government? Thomas > Jefferson might have noted the support of tyranny in such an > [apparent] statement {^1}. > > Other respondents have noted instances where the "land management" > agencies have started small and eventually leveraged that impression of "they > only want a little" to ultimately kill the entire pursuit. It's a > standard playbook really: steal a small amount until the people say > "ouch", then wait until they've become accustomed to the new > standard, then steal a little more. Rinse, lather, repeat. > > The OHV ("four-wheeling") community have spent untold fortunes > litigating themselves back into existence after allowing this very > thing. "It could never happen to us", right? We've heard others > refer to "treasure hunting"/metal detecting, antiquities, > paleontological collecting, etc., but that will never happen here - > no, better we should shut up and try not to anger the > government-beast. > > Personally: I'd never accurately report another find; retroactive > legislation is all too common. > > Best Regards, > > --- Jodie > > ^1: "When the people fear the government there is tyranny, when the > government fears the people there is liberty." - Attributed to Thomas > Jefferson, possibly properly sourced to John Basil Barnhill. > > Regardless of the source, it has proven a truism in every case. > > > > > Doug, > > > I fully agree with you... > > > Cheers, Nick > > > Nicholas Gessler, Ph.D. > > > > ________________________________________ > > From: meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com > > [meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com] on behalf of Doug Ross [doug at dougross.net] > > Sent: Monday, December 03, 2012 1:49 PM > > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] BLM and Meteorite Recovery Policy > > > [CLIP!] [...] My concern is that mounting an aggressive campaign to > > elicit a revision in these guidelines could backfire. The easiest > > answer for a bureaucrat to give, when pressed for a response, is > > "No". [CLIP!] [...] I just hope that it is handled in a way that doesn't > > provoke an outright hunting ban by the Feds next year. > > > Doug Ross > > doug at dougross.net > > > > ______________________________________________ > > Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list Received on Mon 10 Dec 2012 01:52:40 AM PST |
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