[meteorite-list] Stolen meteorite for sale?

From: E.P. Grondine <epgrondine_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2007 10:49:22 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <623959.16328.qm_at_web36903.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Hi Paul (Litig8n-shark), all -

It's funny: you're worrying about the courts, while
oblivious to what has been observed to be incidents of
horrendous bad luck following upon the desecration of
native american religious artifacts. (I'm sorry, but
for the time being I'll have to leave that statement
without rigourous documentation.)

While some may have previously bought or sold
Williamette while oblivous to its earlier religious
use, if you now feel comfortable purchasing it at
auction, go on ahead. We need some data on mache
katet, and it should be easy enough to follow the
fates of the auction's winners.

E.P. Grondine
Man and Impact in the Americas


--- LITIG8NSHARK at aol.com wrote:

> Good evening, Folks,
>
> I've not kept up with this thread, unfortunately.
> However, this post makes
> me think that what I am looking at is the
> possibility of another demand for
> "reparations"...25.....50, or 100, or more years
> later. When will it end? For
> what "special" group, shall there be an unlimited
> statute of limitations?
> Shall causes-of-action be allowed to pass down
> through families, or "special"
> groups--as a result of nothing more than
> bloodline--in perpetuity? I sincerely
> hope not.
>
> Are there any among us who can't remotely align with
> a "special" group who
> has been discriminated against, under color of
> governmental authority, in the
> past few hundred years? In my opinion, no group
> should be entitled to multiple
> bites at the apple, over decades.
>
> Might your position on this issue change if
> suddenly, your country's laws
> changed, and all of a sudden you found your
> meteorite collection, or part
> thereof, being subject to confiscation? Just a
> thought.
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Paul Martyn
> Savannah, Georgia
>
> In a message dated 9/19/2007 8:53:02 PM Eastern
> Daylight Time,
> rob at nakhladogmeteorites.com writes:
> That is quite a condensed version of a very
> interesting story.
>
> Good place to start and follow the references.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willamette_Meteorite
>
> Rob Wesel
> http://www.nakhladogmeteorites.com
> ------------------
> We are the music makers...
> and we are the dreamers of the dreams.
> Willy Wonka, 1971
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "E.P. Grondine" <epgrondine at yahoo.com>
> To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2007 8:58 AM
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Stolen meteorite for
> sale?
>
>
> > Hi Pete, all -
> >
> > If I remember correctly, the meteorite was
> considered
> > a sacred relic by the local people, but the
> European
> > settlers hacked off pieces, and then the bulk of
> it
> > was hauled off by wagon and sold.
>
>
>
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Received on Thu 20 Sep 2007 01:49:22 PM PDT