[meteorite-list] It is a sad day.....

From: Adam Hupe <raremeteorites_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 08:34:03 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID: <320940.24689.qm_at_web30705.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

I cannot understand how a meteorite can be considered an antique when most terrestrial rocks could be called the same thing. The only way to get a rock that is not an antique is to live near a productive volcano where you can retrieve a freshly created one like in Hawaii. A meteorite has no scientific importance whatsover if it is left on the ground to weather away, especially in Oregon and Washington where the climate is very destructive.

Why all of this new interest in meteorites when only a handful have ever been found in Oregon and Washington? Why are old laws being twisted to include meteorites? Why waste the time creating an entry on a website protecting meteorites where very few have been found? It would be interesting to find out what parties are involved with the twisting of these laws and admonish them for being stupid. Maybe they were influenced by the media who overstate the monetary value and understate the scientific importance of these objects. You treat something like valuable treasure and the government will do the same. Everybody wants a piece of the pie whether they have earned it or not. I believe in the finders/keepers concept that has worked well for centuries. A meteorite is worthless until found!

 
Best Regards,

Adam



        



----- Original Message ----
From: Galactic Stone & Ironworks <meteoritemike at gmail.com>
To: valparint at aol.com
Cc: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
Sent: Tue, March 9, 2010 6:18:48 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] It is a sad day.....

Hi List,

I think this is a lot of worry and noise over nothing. The only thing
that has changed with this announcement is a block of text on a
website.

How a law is worded, versus how it is enforced are two different things.

It's illegal to keep arrowheads you find in Florida, yet almost every
local down here has some in a drawer or box. My grandfather (a highly
decorated WWII veteran and all around great person) was quite proud of
his arrowheads and I'd like to see some LEO try to take them from him.

I don't think this wording change on a website is going to mean much
in the long run. It just means we are going to hear more
conversations like this one :

BLM officer : Where did you get that rock that looks like a meteorite?

Met Hunter : Oh that? I brought that with me from home, it's a good
luck charm. But it's not working today because I didn't find
anything.

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Or -

Met Buyer : Where did you say you found this meteorite again?

Met Hunter/Seller : I didn't, because I can't remember where I found
it. It's the funniest thing, because I know I found it, but I don't
remember where or when. I really need to stop sniffing glue before I
forget where all of these specimens came from.

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Don't you just love it when a government that murdered thousands of
indigenous people and stole this land from the native American
indians, now tries to dictate about theft and property?

Message from this tax payer - hey government, you can make demands
about meteorites when you give back the Indians' land you stole. It's
very hypocritical to claim that meteorite hunters are stealing from
federal land, when that federal land was stolen by the government from
it's rightful owners.

I don't take orders from a government that hands out small-pox
infected blankets to women and children. (or funds the School of the
Americas)

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See yall out on the dry lake beds soon. ;)

Best regards,

MikeG



On 3/9/10, valparint at aol.com <valparint at aol.com> wrote:
> I'll give up my meteorites when they pry them from my cold, dead fingers.
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