[meteorite-list] BCC "Meteorites" [was Milestones] PLEASE READ
From: McomeMeteorite Meteorite <meteorites_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue Nov 23 02:42:06 2004 Message-ID: <BAY2-F132288FB80D0C76DA61140C0C70_at_phx.gbl> I hope Jones remove this 2 liars from the list >From: "Notkin" <geoking_at_notkin.net> >To: meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com >Subject: [meteorite-list] BCC "Meteorites" [was Milestones] PLEASE READ >Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2004 22:31:19 -0700 > ><x-rich><fixed>Jonathan posted: > > >> I'm back on the list. What is BCC meteorites about? I have heard a lot >>about it and read their site but I still don't understand. Odd. > > > >Dear Jonathan and Fellow Listees: > > >Jonathan, yes you are absolutely right. It is very "odd" and nobody else >understands their site either because their site is nonsense. > > >I would like all my fellow List members to be made aware of something >important: These BCC "Meteorites" characters filed an actual lawsuit >against a number of prominent, respected and very well-liked senior >meteoriticists here in the U.S (one of whom is a personal friend of mine). >The suit was -- of course -- thrown out by the judge for being utterly >frivolous. It's just too bad these clowns weren't heavily fined for wasting >court time. > > >BCC "Meteorites" seems to believe that there's some kind of high-level >conspiracy/cover-up going on between NASA and major meteoritical >institutions -- all because BCC "Meteorites" have been told (nicely and >repeatedly) that the junk items they dig out of their bog, or whatever, in >Texas are not actually fossilized alien brains, UFO warp core spare parts, >Lunar meteorites, Dick Tracy wrist watch radios, etc., but just plain old >dull terrestrial rocks. I think we all enjoy a good eccentric, and the >whole thing would have been somewhat amusing in a "Benny Hill" sort of way >if these guys hadn't been really nasty to some really nice people during >their imaginary scientific journey. > > >We have our squabbles on the List from time to time, but we are all united >in our interest in the SCIENCE of meteoritics. The >technobabble/gobbledygook pseudo-science offered up on the BCC "Meteorites" >website -- and written, I might add, in appalling elementary school English >so laden with spelling errors and grammatical mistakes that you couldn't >follow their argument even if it *were* sound -- should not be allowed >promotion here on the Meteorite List. Novice collectors, still learning >about meteorites, might be hoodwinked into believing some of the fatuous >claims that are made on the BCC website. > > >So, I strongly suggest that we -- as a community -- block the email >addresses of these guys DeRusse and Cutler immediately and permanently. >They just want attention, and the best way to eradicate this kind of fake >science rubbish is to ignore the perpetrators entirely. They'll likely get >bored and wander off to some UFO conspiracy theory/Creationist mailing list >of which -- unfortunately -- there are probably several. A request from a >few of you to List Moderator Art Jones ( listman_at_meteoritecentral.com ) to >have them removed from the List wouldn't hurt either. > > >Oh, and BTW, if you look at the first photo on their website, the guy with >the white gloves looks like "Dr. No." : ) > > > >Not at all respectfully, > > >Geoff Notkin > >Science writer interested in actual science and real >meteorites</fixed></x-rich> > >______________________________________________ >Meteorite-list mailing list >Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com >http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list _________________________________________________________________ Blocca le pop-up pubblicitarie con MSN Toolbar! http://toolbar.msn.it/ Received on Tue 23 Nov 2004 02:41:00 AM PST |
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