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

From: Don Rawlings <psc2410xi_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:06:33 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <733152.3855.qm_at_web59313.mail.re1.yahoo.com>

How about sending an email to Lil' Bush and the other right-wing Republicans that would rather see families bankrupted than doing something constructive about health care in this country.

Don Rawlings


> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mal Bishop"
> <magbish3 at lowcountry.com>
> To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Cc: <imca at imcamail.de>
> Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2008 7:26 AM
> Subject: [IMCA] A Feeling Of Shame
>
>
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> 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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