[meteorite-list] NYT story

From: Michael Gilmer <meteoritemike_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2011 14:17:58 -0400
Message-ID: <BANLkTim2ETZ8S8XKyUFziXdgCO6_E3XD8g_at_mail.gmail.com>

Hi Lars and List,

Nobody should harass you for expressing your feelings. Your heart was
in the right place, and it is troublesome to consider that one might
be unknowingly obstructing scientific work. In that case, like I said
before, the scientific value of Gebel Kamil is not the meteorites
themselves, but the impact crater. Owning a Gebel Kamil iron is not
depriving science. But, whoever is harvesting the meteorites may be
doing harm to the impact structure during the process of removing the
specimens. We don't know this for sure, because we don't even know
who exactly removed the specimens - we can only assume it was the
Egyptians because of the location of the crater and dangerous nature
of the area. (which is militarized and near the Sudanese border)

I think it is unfortunate that anyone should harass you over this.
Your comment was made long ago, when the Gebel Kamil story was new and
facts were still emerging. The whole story was not known then, and it
is still not known now. As we discussed in the "blog" thread, there
may be an ethical grey-area involved in the removal of the meteorites,
but it was very premature (and unnecessary) for the NYT writer to
unilaterally proclaim the entire meteorite world as a "black market" -
that was wrong and libelous.

Best regards,

MikeG

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On 4/6/11, Lars Zielke <zielke at nightsky.dk> wrote:
> Hi all
>
> Yep I think it's me that is quoted in the NYT.
>
> I've deleted my latest post on CN due to harassment that turned up in my
> mail.
>
> Lars
>
>
>
> -----Oprindelig meddelelse-----
> Fra: meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com
> [mailto:meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com] P? vegne af Peter
> Scherff
> Sendt: 6. april 2011 02:33
> Til: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Emne: Re: [meteorite-list] NYT story
>
> Hi,
>
> The ?blog? in question is the Cloudy Nights Space Rocks forum. The
> quote is from Lars Zielke.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Peter Scherff
>
> From: meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com
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> Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2011 8:25 PM
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> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] NYT story
>
> Very good catch on the Bob! I can't believe I missed that. How in the
> world did the editor let that quote slide without a source? I wonder if
> it was said at all.
>
> Regards,
> Eric
>
>
> On 4/5/2011 5:20 PM, Bob King wrote:
>> Hi everyone,
>> Besides the terrible reporting and obvious bias, I was curious about
>> the meteorite blogger in the article who said he/she was feeling
>> guilty. What?? We have no idea who this is or if that person exists. I
>> find it amazing the editor let that go through.
>> Bob
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