[meteorite-list] Good v.Bad
From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:55:51 2004 Message-ID: <200201252049.MAA19100_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov> > > I was touched to read members' Steve Sach's words of regret, words that > aren't easy for any of us to write under any circumstances. > > My warm, fuzzy feeling was nuked by the message I just received from Ron > Baalke and I'm reminded of why people are cynical about their government and, > in a general sense, how hateful some people are, and why one can grow to > mistrust and lose all respect for others. > > Ron had privately sent me a change yesterday to the language surrounding the > "Nakhla dog" on the website he administers for NASA. He offered two different > versions for my review. One was the status quo and totally unacceptable to > me, the other was less ambiguous and I suggested changing a couple of words. > > He replied back yesterday with a version that was accurate and acceptable, a > version he marked- "Better." This was followed by the same unacceptable > version from the day before now marked "I like this even better." > > I agreed to his, HIS, version #1 marked "Better," thanked him for his > efforts, and mentioned that this peaceful settlement should be announced to > you, the m-list for "closure." > > I have just received a response from Ron. He's refusing to accept HIS OWN > version of the story that I agreed with. The message reads in part, "Like I > said, I like this even better," followed by the version I'd refused twice. > > His message ends, "I already changed the phrasing a week ago anyway." > > Ron has never offered a shred of meaningful proof that the dog existed, and I > have in my files copies of support for my take on the dog from the most > senior and academic members of this list and from the world's great > meteoriticists. I'm honored by their interest. > > As for the dog, the story should and will exist as "a story," but it's > scientifically dead. > > I won't waste my time in the future entertaining the vacuous imaginations of > such an arrogant and duplicitous person as Ron Baalke. > > Kevin Kichinka > > > > > > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com > http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > Received on Fri 25 Jan 2002 03:49:45 PM PST |
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