[meteorite-list] Thank you,Cmcdon0923!

From: Mark Miconi <mam602_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:55:50 2004
Message-ID: <006601c1a38a$be0382c0$04f20541_at_fwlr1.az.home.com>

Well Done Kevin and well said. You are dealing with believers and I have
found in most of the cases with individuals that believe something as
ridiculus as this if you remove their bath tubs and prevent them from
drinking their own bathwater, their symptoms will eventually go away.

Mark M.

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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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