[meteorite-list] Astrology/Astronomy

From: Dave Gheesling <dave_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2008 22:09:45 -0400
Message-ID: <8BFB1523A0DC483AA7F41B65202F27DE_at_meteorroom>

Mike & All,
Astrology is what it is, but your point below hits the nail right on the
head.
Dave

-----Original Message-----
From: meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com
[mailto:meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of Michael
Gilmer
Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 12:14 PM
To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
Subject: [meteorite-list] Astrology/Astronomy

Hi,

My dearly-departed and beloved grandmother was an avid astrologer. I don't
share her beliefs, which were admittedly from somewhere way out past left
field.
But
she was a loving, kind, and INTELLIGENT woman with a masters degree. She
just believed in a few goofy things like astrology behind closed doors. She
didn't push her beliefs onto other people and rarely talked about it. In
fact, us grandkids didn't even know she was an astrologer until after she
passed away.

At any rate, life is too short to paint groups of people with a broad stroke
of the brush. Lumping a large group of people together, without knowing
them, and then launching obscenities and insults at them is bigotry.
Substitute the word "astrologer", in that rant that started this, with any
word that describes a racial or religious group and you'll see my meaning.

I subscribe to this group to learn about meteoritics, not to listen to the
bitter and hostile rants of a foul-mouthed person. And I don't appreciate
someone calling my grandmother a "&*%#$! dimwit" or nitwit or whatever it
was.

I'm sure I will get flamed for this, but it was not me who injected an
off-topic rant into the list to start with.

Regards and clear skies,

MikeG


.........................................................
Michael Gilmer (Louisiana, USA)
Member of the Meteoritical Society.
Member of the Bayou Region Stargazers Network.
Websites - http://www.galactic-stone.com and http://www.glassthrower.com
MySpace - http://www.myspace.com/fine_meteorites_4_sale
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