[meteorite-list] Yet another gimmicky expensive meteorite"collectable"

From: Darren Garrison <cynapse_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 07 Jul 2009 12:04:11 -0500
Message-ID: <9qv65518ju48c5hu0kktam2k82rj4ftasi_at_4ax.com>

On Tue, 7 Jul 2009 16:23:52 +0200, you wrote:

>Legislature means: politicians and civil servants.
>Of course these people can't have any idea what a meteorite is, how they are
>found, how many do exist, what for a scientific or economical value they
>have or don't have and how they were exchanged between finders, museums,
>dealers, collectors in past.

Also, being a successful politician doesn't require that you actually be very
intelligent or well educated-- it requires only that you can tell a majority of
the people what they want to hear. With "leaders" like this, maybe Arizona will
be the next place to outlaw meteorites:

http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2009/07/jebus_how_do_these_dingbats_ge.php
Received on Tue 07 Jul 2009 01:04:11 PM PDT