[meteorite-list] meteoriteblog.com anyone game?

From: Michael L Blood <mlblood_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon Feb 21 17:43:05 2005
Message-ID: <BE3FA3C7.18665%mlblood_at_cox.net>

Hi Dirk,
        Good to hear from you.
        How does your statement below relate to your statement
less than 2 hrs ago claiming you did not set this up and it is
not yours?
        Also, are you suggesting we should indulge a context
with racial slurs, obscenity & false identification because maybe
something good will come out of it ...... eventually?
        When I was young I used to let racial slurs go by, figuring
eventually the ignorant will come around - and, besides, you
can't really change an ignorant person's mind. The older I
got - and totally now, I will not let a racial comment go by - EVER.
I take it completely personally - as though I am a Jew, African
American, Mexican, etc. I believe when everyone who is not
a racist reacts this way 100% of the time, the racists will be
shut out and shut down - and racism will, eventually be extremely
minimal and very difficult to pass on to future generations. Either
that, or the racists will become extremely isolated and at least
not be polluting the minds of the young.
        I, for one will not abide racist commentary. Period.
        Obscenity - well, I have a tolerance for that.
        However, Claiming to be another when posting to a site - especially
when expressing obscenities (or racism, etc) is both cowardly and
completely unacceptable.
        So, Dirk, don't ask me to abide by the above practices.
They can lay golden eggs on that site for all I care. Until and unless
racism and false identification is at zero, it is way out of bounds for me.
Period.
        Best wishes, Michael




on 2/21/05 2:13 PM, drtanuki at drtanuki_at_yahoo.com wrote:

> Charlie and List,
> Thanks for your posts concerning blogs. So far the
> meteoriteblog list isn`t creating anything positive;
> but given time I believe it will allow scandals, etc.
> come out into the mainstream...so that buyers and
> sellers will know what is happening behind their
> backs.
> The users of a blog will learn to calm down and
> produce something positive or the blog will go away.
> Photos of meteorites and prices if you want to sell
> can be posted...it could also be used as a live
> auction. Thanks. Have patience and perhaps the users
> of the blog will use it positively. Sincerely, Dirk
> Ross
>
>
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