[meteorite-list] Thank you,Cmcdon0923!

From: Michael Farmer <farmerm_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:55:49 2004
Message-ID: <000d01c1a30d$773a5b20$28d00140_at_computer>

This is the stupidist damned argument I have seen in a very long time.
Why fought over something that occured long before any of us were even born!
WE WILL NEVER know one way or the other, Kevin, you make a great case, but
in the end, it is your opinion, based on good facts, but it proves
absolutely nothing. The stupid dog story is almost a century old, and will
be around after we are dead. Leave it alone, people like it and you cant
prove or disprove it. I am sick of this useless endless circle of Nakhla dog
#$%.
Mike Farmer
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Subject: [meteorite-list] Thank you,Cmcdon0923!


> Dear Cmcdon0923:
>
> You wrote -- "And this was posted to the list for what reason? Was this a
> serious challenge....was it meant to be humorous?...
>
> Yes. I'll pay $200 in serious USA currency (small bills if you insist,
none
> of that funny new "Euro" stuff) for the 1911 "Al Ahali" newspaper. Laugh
if
> you like.
>
> You wrote -- "do you have an issue surrounding government employees?
>
> Yes. I deal with Lee County, Florida officials all day on land use and
> zoning issues. They're lazy, arbitrary and stupid. I tell them this and
they
> throw "spitballs" at me. But to the point, Ron administers an influential
USA
> Gov. website that we USA citizens pay for. It is traditional here that our
> government information sites not stray "too-far" from the truth. This site
> knowingly distributes information that is false. As a civic-minded patriot
I
> know that this is wrong. It is my duty to object.
>
> You wrote -- "If you have a personal beef with Ron over the Nakhla story,
> then handle it that way- personally."
>
> Yes.
>
> You wrote -- "Just because Ron can't prove it happened, doesn't mean it
> didn't."
>
> Really? Then everyone accused of a crime goes to jail.
>
> You wrote -- "Just because you can't prove it didn't happen, doesn't mean
it
> did."
>
> Really? Illogical double negatives. What democracy are you from that
forces a
> person "to prove he didn't commit a crime?" Ron's "law" would have you
wait
> in jail until the Valera cow comes home (trust me, that's a l-o-n-g time)
> while he looks for the proof he "knows" exists. Luckily Cmcdon0923, in the
> USA, if there's no proof, it didn't happen and you walk a free meteorite,
er,
> man. Have a beer on me. And take a cigar out of the box for the lady.
>
> I want to thank CMcdon0923 for so wonderfully distilling this discussion.
In
> the primeval past, a "story" claimed that a meteorite hit a dog and killed
> it. So sensational it was, that officials on the scene that refuted it
were
> ignored by the popular forces of ignorance. (What makes these forces
> "popular" anyway? Who wants to hang around people that start their
sentences
> with -- "Duh." Thank God I'm on this list with you good people.)
>
> By effort (a pen, an envelope and a stamp) and serendipity, I easily found
> that NO evidence exists that a dog was struck by a meteorite in Egypt in
> 1911. Any of you would have found the same if you weren't so busy trading
> NWA's. I'm sure if Ron had "discovered" this he would correctly state the
> truth on the website he works for us citizens and at least one more
asteroid
> would be named after him -- "Ron"-- but I don't expect or want any such
honor
> for myself (hold your applause).
>
> And after all, NONE OF THIS IS important if we all get radioactive anthrax
> tomorrow.
>
> But IF WE MANAGE TO EXCAPE certain excruciating death tomorrow, than this
IS
> the seminal meteorite "story." Boys and girls, it didn't happen. Now let's
> all grow up and be good little scientists and admit it didn't happen.
>
> BTW - Thank you each and every one for emailing me your favorite "Nakhla"
dog
> (sic) photo attachments with their heads blown off, I'm touched by your
> sentiments.
>
> Kevin Kichinka
>
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