[meteorite-list] Isn't the word supposed to be "paisano"?
From: E.P. Grondine <epgrondine_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:00:11 2004 Message-ID: <20020728193816.2994.qmail_at_web11602.mail.yahoo.com> Something the equivalent of "good buddy" in Italian? Something along the lines of "fellow countryman"? A term of mutual endearment? A word indicative of fraternity? I hope list memebers will excuse this intrusion into matters meteoritic, but deleting without reading all of these messages that I possibly could was a task which took up more time than I could spare right now... And of course, if you belittle my Native American ancestors' achievements... oh well, ep --- magellon <magellon_at_earthlink.net> wrote: > Rhett, > I am even more confused? Steve said "pisano" in a > private e-mail that > Matteo made public... > Then Steve admits his mistake to you privately, and > you then teach him > a lesson by putting him on > "probation"? Does he still receive posts from the > IMCA group site? Or > did you stop those? > If he admitted he was mad and wrong, why punish him? > He's not racist - He was just being mad and wrong. > > Rhett, I may not know the whole story but I know > this was between two > people. > Why are you bringing the IMCA into this? > To establish "peace" is NOT a good reason. > The IMCA is for the authenticity of meteorites > "period". > Are things more peaceful now? > You know as well as anyone that people get mad and > say things they > should not. > First, it is up to the two individuals to try to > straighten things out > on their own. > It saddens me that you say you would do it again. > Rhett, this appears not be a matter of racism but > more an excuse > to push someone around you admittedly don't like. > No? Just substitute any other big dealer in Steve's > place. > If Mike Farmer (not picking on you Mike :>) had said > this to Matteo, > would you have reacted the same way? > If you answer "yes," then why haven't you in the > past? > > You can not force people to be nice but they can > learn from your good > example. > You have kindly and privately reproved me when I > broke IMCA rules. > So, I know you can create a harmonious environment > when you try without > changing the path of IMCA. > > I could not understand from your comment if the > board had any say so in > the new change to IMCA or not? > It sounded as if you did it on your own. > Does the board no longer make these type of policy > changing decisions? > > Please don't start talking about quitting like you > did before. > We all appreciate your past achievements. > But, If you are serious (which I doubt), I will be > glad accept the > position. (thank you) > Best case scenario, I would share it with Jake > Delgato or another > member) > > Thanks, > Ken Newton > How fights get started > #9632 > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - Feel better, live better http://health.yahoo.com Received on Sun 28 Jul 2002 03:38:16 PM PDT |
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