[meteorite-list] Meteorites fund terrorism questions

From: mail at mhmeteorites.com <mail_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2010 15:22:14 +0000
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All:
I must admit, when I buy NWA meteorites and wire thousands, 10s of thousands of dollars to Morocco, I become a bit "paranoid" and wonder if those of us that buy frequently show up on some "list" that the world governments keep. Maybe I am just creeped-out by all this monitoring by the government, but sending cash to people I do not know (at all) in foreign countries, does concern me. Furthermore, there are no receipts for the material receive, no proof of what we buy. I am not defending this website in any way, but the way the world is post-9/11, the thought of where the money goes and if such transfers wave a red flag, is a legitimate one.

Matt

Matt
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Mile High Meteorites
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P.O. Box 151293
Lakewood, CO 80215

-----Original Message-----
From: "Galactic Stone & Ironworks" <meteoritemike at gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2010 11:11:07
To: Michael Blood<mlblood at cox.net>
Cc: Meteorite List<meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorites fund terrorism questions

Hi Michael, Greg and List,

Despite my silly comments, I do want to briefly say something about
this NWA-terrorism page.

I know this has been discussed at length previously, but for the
benefit of those newcomers who might not be aware, I will say it again
:

I also encountered this webpage during my first days as a meteorite
collector. I was doing my homework and combing the search engines for
more information about NWA meteorites and the meteorite market in
general. I read the claims and enjoyed the cartoon illustrations that
accompanied the essay. But, I was very suspect of the author's claims
because there were apparent contradictions in the work and the claims
being made were very broad and sweeping in nature. So, I proceeded to
ask some veteran meteorite collectors and dealers about this issue. I
discussed this NWA issue with several long-time meteorite
personalities, in private, and in a candid way. I will not mention
names, but surely some of them are reading this and might recall those
discussions.

The general consensus amongst people who have more experience and
credibility than the Pelissons, is that these claims are unfounded.
In addition, there is an agenda at work behind these claims, and that
agenda is obviously not rational and is counter-productive in all
ways. The Pelissons are not helping science or the meteorite world at
large - they are only trying to help themselves. And the reason they
do not remove this webpage, despite plentiful evidence that their
claims are baseless, is because they actually believe their own
propaganda. One would have better luck convincing a termite not to
eat wood.

I do not think the Pelissons are members of this list, or if they are,
they do not post. I would welcome them to come and explain their
claims and back them up, here on the list. But I don't think they
would receive a supportive audience here.

Best regards and happy huntings,

MikeG


On 4/6/10, Michael Blood <mlblood at cox.net> wrote:
> Michael and all,
> I doubt very much these folk ever saw the light of LSD.
> Worst "Buy from US only!" ad I have ever seen.
> We went over this in great detail three or 4 years ago.
> Simply boycott the bastards.
> Best wishes, Michael
>
>
> On 4/6/10 5:57 AM, "Michael Gilmer" <meteoritemike at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Greg and List,
>>
>> That NWA-terrorism web page is the result of two things :
>>
>> 1) delusion
>>
>> 2) LSD use
>>
>> All meteorite dealers should get together and file a class-action suit
>> for libel/slander against these whackjobs.
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> MikeG
>>
>>
>> On 4/6/10, Greg Catterton <star_wars_collector at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>> Hi all, hope everyone is doing well.
>>> I have a question... I was looking up the subject "NWA meteorites" and
>>> the
>>> first page I get is this site:
>>> http://www.saharamet.com/meteorite/data/Sahara/Nwa.html
>>>
>>> While I know this site has been discussed before, has anyone tried to
>>> talk
>>> to them to get it removed?
>>> The most common meteorites are NWAs and it seems to me that if a simple
>>> search turns this up, it may discourage people who simply dont look more
>>> into the story.
>>> Are they a member of this list?
>>>
>>> What is this guys intentions of doing this anyway? Does anyone know? He
>>> looks to be a dealer of NWAs... strange.
>>>
>>>
>>> Greg Catterton
>>> www.wanderingstarmeteorites.com
>>> IMCA member 4682
>>> On Ebay: http://stores.shop.ebay.com/wanderingstarmeteorites
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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