[meteorite-list] [IMCA] A Feeling Of Shame

From: Ma Lan <chinaren76_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:30:09 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <440308.76277.qm_at_web52702.mail.re2.yahoo.com>

Hi Maria and Members,

Being a newby in the IMCA community, i know little about Gary Foote. I just know he needs help. So, i help.

Maybe biding on items by email or phone is the reason why nobody placed bid on them. Try it on Ebay and AD it on the list as well. Try it.

Best,
Ma Lan
IMCA #8234



--- On Fri, 7/25/08, Charles Austin Miller <CharlesMiller at bellsouth.net> wrote:

> From: Charles Austin Miller <CharlesMiller at bellsouth.net>
> Subject: Re: [IMCA] A Feeling Of Shame
> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Cc: imca at imcamail.de
> Date: Friday, July 25, 2008, 12:58 AM
> Mal, respectfully, you?re out of line here.
>
> Asking people to contribute out of the goodness of their
> hearts is one
> thing; attempting to SHAME them into giving is arrogant and
> oafish and
> counterproductive.
>
> Charles A. Miller
> IMCA 1292
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> On 7/24/08 8:26 AM, "Mal Bishop"
> <magbish3 at lowcountry.com> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > Dear list members,
> >
> > I must say I'm somewhat disappointed in the
> reception/ turn-out thus far as
> > related to the number of people on this list who have
> reached out and made
> > some sort of gesture of goodwill by donating
> something, anything, to help a
> > fellow community member who has REALLY undergone a
> horrible ordeal and still
> > is in the midst of it -- not to mention what his wife,
> CJ, and other family
> > members are having to deal with! Where are all of the
> 'BIG' dealers, all of
> > the truly well fortuned collectors who have SO much
> that to offer up a single
> > piece from their vaults of space treasure would be of
> little, if any
> > noticeable, loss to them! Take a moment and each one
> of you think what it
> > would be like if it were you in Gary's position?
> How would you then feel
> > about your treasures compared to what dark, and
> foreboding place you now find
> > yourself in. I'll be outright honest, I feel sort
> of ashamed to be associated
> > with a community that apparently doesn't mind
> trying to always acquire more
> > and more personal bounty from space, but are maybe
> just a little too reticent
> > in giving up something, make a sacrifice to help a
> fellow 'kinsman' with the
> > vary same passions and desires -- at least he did at
> one time until something
> > much more important stepped in its place to unveil
> some truth of the duality
> > of life. There is fortune and good, and then there is
> much suffering, loss,
> > and indescribable pain and fear around the next bend
> waiting for ANYONE at
> > ANYTIME!!!
> >
> > I'm sorry in advance if I'm off base, way out
> in left field, or just sound
> > plain bitter, angry, or what ever label ya'll wish
> to place on this or me, but
> > all I can say is it is a shame when you have a list
> comprised of hundreds of
> > folks worldwide supposedly not only interested in a
> hobby, and appear to want
> > to share and communicate with one another (hence why a
> list like this exist in
> > the first place, correct?), but don't seem to want
> to reach out when a time
> > like this comes upon us to help one of "our
> own" !!! I know times are
> > getting harder financially , especially maybe here in
> the US for a lot of us,
> > but still many of us are finding it possible to still
> invest and spend on
> > ourselves and indulge our hobbyist desires and whims,
> so why then can't some
> > of you ,if not all, offer something to show your true
> care, compassion, and
> > concern, not just for another human being, but for one
> of us for goodness
> > sakes!
> >
> > Again, I know I will probably receive some distasteful
> responses due to my
> > putting my nose where maybe a lot of you feel it may
> not belong, but it is
> > rather disgusting to see talk always going on about
> what's for sale, what I
> > want, what can I acquire, while rarely anything is
> mentioned about Gary's
> > plight save for our resident angel, Maria! It looks
> like some basic plain old
> > greed and self indulgent type behavior to me! This is
> why we find so much
> > misery in our world at any given time, and any given
> place -- it's always
> > about me, me,me, me!!! Well, take just a few precious
> seconds and do some REAL
> > soul searching then see what it's truly all about
> -- life I mean -- then maybe
> > a few of you may come to a different realization!!!
> >
> > Now I'm through, I'll step of off the
> proverbial soapbox and await my stoning,
> > but I felt lead to say what I did. Oh yea, you may
> also excommunicate me as
> > well if the desire is there.
> >
> > Thanks for your time in indulging my rant!
> >
> > Mal
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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